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Civics
9th Grade
08/22/2012

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Term
Limited government
Definition
who is limited - gov.
gaining rights- people
loosing them - gov.
Term
magna carta (year)
Definition
1215
Term
limited government set up the idea the government is ____ and ____ have ____.
Definition
limiited, the people have certain rights.
Term
helped overthrow and kill his father
Definition
king john I
Term
king john I refuse to pay _____ for ____
Definition
ransom, his brother (the rightful king) out of jail.
Term
4 main things about king john I:
1. death of ____
2. fight with ____
3. ________ everyone
4. _______ power
Definition
1. nephew
2. pope
3. overtaxed
4. abused
Term
magna carta stated things such as:
-_______ by ______
-___________
-clause61:_________
-____ and ______ignored the document
Definition
-trial by jury
-taxes must be approved
-a committee of 25 barons could meet and over throw a kings decision
-the baron and king john I
Term
john died when ? what also happened then?
Definition
1216, civil war ended
Term
were any revisions added to the magna carta?
Definition
yes
Term
petition of right (year)
Definition
1628
Term
petition of right (happening)
Definition
KCI limited monarchs power to tax without consent of parliament, forbade quartering of troops, banning the jailing of people without a cause
Term
they _____ king john I to sigh a ________ and then they _____________.
Definition
forced, petition, beheaded
Term
when was james II overthrown , who helped
Definition
1688 , william orange
Term
james showed favoritism to the ________
Definition
roman catholics
Term
james rule sparked the ________- freedom to ________ to ________
Definition
glorious revelation, worship, protestants
Term
when they had no king they:
Definition
made a restriction on power
Term
willliam and mary
Definition
chosen to rule after signing bill of rights
Term
mary
Definition
popular in Englad, james IIdaughter.
Term
william
Definition
protestant / helped overthrow james II
Term
bill of rights
Definition
1. freedom from cruel and unusual parliment
2. right to a fair trial
3. freeedom from excessive bail
Term
enlish parliment in the ____ is the ___
Definition
1200's, legislative branch
Term
house of lords
Definition
compromised of the english nobility
Term
house of commons
Definition
composed of members elected by people of their home district, they represent the voters
Term
does england have a written plan of gov?
Definition
no
Term
mayflower compact
Definition
1620, pilgrms wrote an agreement to have "just and equal laws"
Term
house of burgess
Definition
1st colonial legislature (virginia , 1619)
Term
upper house : more___
lower: more ___
Definition
wealthy, poor
Term
issues in goverment
Definition
land ownership and taxes
Term
fundemental orders of connecticut
Definition
1st formal constatution in america, could vote to elect goveners and reps.
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