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USL4:Colonial Life
Term | Definition |
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contract | a written agreement signed by two or more parties, which binds those parties to do what is stated in the agreement |
English Bill of Rights | an act passed by Parliament in 1689 that limited the monarch’s power by giving certain powers to Parliament and listing specific rights of the citizens |
Great Awakening | a revival of religious feeling and belief in the American colonies that began in the 1730s |
leisure | time spent not working |
Magna Carta | an agreement made in 1215 listing the rights granted by King John to all free men of the kingdom |
Parliament | the lawmaking body of England, consisting of representatives from throughout the kingdom |
rebel | to fight against a government or another authority |
restore | to make something as it was before |
right | powers or privileges that belong to people as citizens and that cannot or should not be taken away by the government |