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Unit 1 Rep Govt
Growth of Representative Government
Term | Definition |
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Government | the organization that provides for the safety and security of a nation, state, city, etc. It also has the responsibility to protect the rights of citizens. |
Salutary Neglect | British policy of leaving the American colonies alone as long as they paid their taxes and did not cause trouble |
John Locke | English philosopher that developed the idea of unalienable rights |
Magna Carta | (1215) King John of England was forced to give up some of his powers to the nobles; gave citizens protection of property rights & right to trial by jury |
Royal Governor | administrator of a colony; chosen by the King; did not usually care what colonists wanted their government to do |
Parliament | legislative body of England; made laws, English citizens were represented here, but colonists were not |
English Bill of Rights | (1689) gave more rights to English citizens such as freedom of speech and the right to petition and some freedom of religion |
John Peter Zenger | newspaper publisher that criticized the royal governor of New York, was put on trial but found not guilty; helped established the idea of freedom of the press |
Charles de Montesquieu | French philosopher that developed the ideas of separation of powers which was later included in the US Constitution |
William Blackstone | English developer of the idea of "common law" which means that crimes are tried and punished in similar ways across the country |
Tyranny | unfair or abusive government |
Representative Government | citizens choose members from their communities to speak for them in a legislature type; a type of democracy |