World History Vocabulary
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- radical attempt to change the structure of a country's governmental and society
- revolution
- merchants and professional people from towns and cities
- burgesses
- document outlining the fundamental laws and principles that govern a nation
- Constitution
- legal right protecting individuals from arbitrary arrest and imprisonment
- habeas corpus
- the head of gov. in Great Britain
- prime minister
- class of English population who owned land and had social position but held no title
- gentry
- solemn agreement or promise
- Covenant
- what you can do because you are a human being
- natural rights
- leaders of Parliament who acted as advisors to the English monarch
- Cabinet
- gov. led by a monarch whose powers were limited by a constitution , and who was required to consult Parliament
- limited constitutional monarchy