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Magna Carta
1215 Charter signed by King John of England limiting the power of the English monarchy
Petition of Right
1628 document signed by King Charles I of England making King subject to the laws of the land
Bicameral
Two chambers or houses
Limited Government
The notion that government’s power is restricted in what it may do in order to protect the citizen’s natural rights
Representative Government
Government whereby persons are elected to represent areas or portions of the population
Charter
A written grant of authority from a King or other governmental agency
Proprietary
Organized by a proprietor (person to whom a King has given a grant of land)
Delegate
A person who represents an area or territory with the authority to pass
Boycott
A refusal to purchase a service or item as a form of protest
Repeal
To recall or do away with
Popular Sovereignty
Principle that the source of all political power is the people being governed
Ratification
To formally approve of something
Framers
Group of delegates who drafted the United States Constitution in Philadelphia, 1787
Virginia Plan
Plan proposed by James Madison at the constitutional convention in 1787 which called for a three-branch government and a bicameral legislature based on state population
