MichaelF Flashcards
Social Studies Life in yhe Colonies
What is the Magna Carta?
The first document to place restrictions on an English ruler’s power, created in 1215.
What is Parliament?
The Great Council to advise the king, made up of 2 houses. (House of Lords and House of Commons)
What is a Bill of Rights?
A written list of freedoms thata government promises to protect.
What is the English Bill Of Rights?
A written document that said no monarch could levy taxes without Parliament’s O.K. and restated trial by jury.
John Peter Zenger Trial, what was it?
A series of articles that criticized the governor.
What is libel?
A false publishing or statement that is to ruin somebodies reputation.
John Locke
During the 1600’s John Locke though of Natural Rights, the belief that everyone is born with the right to life, property, and . These laws did not include slaves.
