Instructions
Match each term from the word bank with the best definition provided. Write the term next to the correct definition.
- Declaration of Independence — A document declaring the American colonies' freedom from British rule.
- Constitution — A written plan of government that outlines the structure and powers of a government.
- Habeas corpus — A legal principle that protects individuals from unlawful detention.
- Separation of powers — The division of government responsibilities into distinct branches to prevent abuse of power.
- Natural Rights/Unalienable Rights — Rights that are inherent and cannot be taken away, such as life, liberty, and property.
- Social contract — An agreement among individuals to form a government that protects their rights.
- Enlightenment — An intellectual movement emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition.
- Estates General — An assembly in France representing the three estates: clergy, nobility, and commoners.
- Liberty — The state of being free within society from oppressive restrictions imposed by authority.
- Popular sovereignty — The principle that the authority of a government is created and sustained by the consent of its people.
- Representative Democracy — A system of government in which citizens elect representatives to make decisions on their behalf.
- Napoleon Bonaparte — A French military leader who rose to prominence during the French Revolution and became Emperor of France.
- Establishing with the term 'English Bill of Rights' — A historical document outlining rights of the people and limiting the monarch's powers (Habeas corpus, trial by jury, etc.).