Vocabulary: Chapter 1 Flashcards
To learn terms.
Democracy
A form of government in which all citizens are equal and they or elected representatives manage the law.
Civil rights
The rights of a citizen.
Magna Carta
The Great Charter which guaranteed the English people civil rights.
Republic
A democratic country without a monarch.
Constitutional monarchy
A country in which monarch rules according to the constitution and law.
Protestant
Any Christian not belonging to Roman Catholic or Orthodox Eastern Church.
Church of England
The established church in England, headed by the monarch.
Calvinist
The follower of the teaching of John Calvin.
Absolute monarch
A monarch with unlimited power.
Ship money
The tax that was paid by coastal towns for fleet maintaining.
Tunnage and poundage
A custom duty or tax collected on the tons and pounds of goods coming into or leaving the counter.
To billet
To require homeowners to provide food and lodging for soldiers.
Title
A name showing a person’s rank in life.
Court of Star Chamber
A royal court in which people didn’t have a rights.
The writ of habeus corpus
An adder that says that prisoner can be taken to the court to decide if he/she is being imprisoned lawfully.
