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Chapter 2 Civics Study Guide. English and American law that is not written is called Common Law. England’s Legislature is called. Parliament. Frenchman who said we are all equal. Rousseau. Group of people that make laws. Legislature. What did the Magna Carta Do?.
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English and American law that is not written is called • Common Law
England’s Legislature is called • Parliament
Frenchman who said we are all equal • Rousseau
Group of people that make laws • Legislature
What did the Magna Carta Do? • Signified the king accepting limits to power
The Governing body set up in Jamestown • House of Burgesses
If you refuse to buy something you are • boycotting
Our court system sets these when they rule on similar cases precedents
What did Locke believe • He believed in natural rights
Mercantilism means • A theory that a country should sell more than they buy
Who wrote the declaration of independence? • Thomas Jefferson
What was the Mayflower Compact? • It was an agreement that the pilgrims signed about how their government would be set up.
List of Grievances • This is the section of the Declaration of Independence that lists the Colonists complaints against the British Government.
What was written in 1689 and gave parliament the sole power over taxation, armies and other major decisions? • The English Bill of Rights
What did the First Continental Congress draft? • A document to King George
All colonists had one of these • A governor or a legislature
What type of democracy did the pilgrims have due to all males voting? • Direct
What were the name of the acts where Parliament limited the rights of Americans? • Intolerable
Which country is the American system of law based on? • England
What does the slogan, “No taxation without representation” mean? • The colonist believed they should not be taxed because they did not have anybody to represent them.
What was signed on July 4, 1776 • The Declaration of Independence
The Articles of Confederation was our • First Constitution
What happened in 1773? • The Boston Tea Party occurred