Magna Carta - A written legal agreement signed in 1215 that limited the English monarch's power., Petition of Right - Document signed by Charles I of England that further limited the powers of the English monarch., English Bill of Rights - Document signed in 1689 that guaranteed the rights of English citizens., Social Contract - An agreement by which people give up some freedoms for an organized society., Leviathan - Enlightenment-era work by Thomas Hobbes in which he expresses his ideas on government., Natural Laws - The rights of "life, liberty, and property" that John Locke argued for., Checks and Balances - Montesquieu's plan of a separation of to keep the government from getting too powerful in one branch., Mayflower Compact - Formal document, written in 1620, that provided law and order to the Plymouth colony, Common Sense - A 1776 essay by Thomas Paine that urged the colonies to declare independence., Virginia Declaration of Rights - Document written by George Mason and served as a model/example for the U.S. Bill of Rights., Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom - Written by Thomas Jefferson and led to separation of church and state and served as a model for the 1st Amendment., Declaration of Independence - Document written in 1776 by Thomas Jefferson that declared the colonists' intention to break away from British rule., Citizenship - The rights and duties of members of a state., Majority Rule - A system in which the decision of more than half the people is accepted by all.,

Unit 2 - Foundations of American Government

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