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| To be freed from the superstitions and ignorance of the Middle Ages and embrace reason and experience. |
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| Ruler with complete authority over the government and people. Ruler who governs alone and is not restrained |
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| Belief that a ruler's authority comes directly from God, not from consent of people. |
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| Rights that belong to every human being from birth. Any right that exists by virtue of natural law. |
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| A state in which the supreme power rests in the body of citizens entitled to vot and exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them. |
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| A deliberative body of persons, usually elective, who are empowered to make, change, or repel the laws of a country or state; branch of government that makes laws. |
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| A writ requiring a person to be brought before a judge or court, especially for investigation of a restraint of a persons liberty, used as a protection against illegal imprisonment |
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| a formal statement of the fundamental rights of the people in the United States |
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A religious revival in American history.
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| The English Bill of Rights |
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| An act declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling of the Succesion of the Crown. Also called the Bill of Rights 1698. |
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| A document that King John of England signed. He was forced to signing it to reduce the power that he held as the King of England. Became basis for English citizen's rights. Signed in the year 1215, reissued later in the 13th century in modified versions. |
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| Written by the Pilgrims. First governing document of the Plymouth Colony. Signed November 11, 1620. |
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