The Rights of Englishmen

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Chapter 10

• The Rights of Englishmen

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• English settlers were no strangers to conflict in
  the name of liberty. The cornerstones of English
  government were forged out of conflicts between
  the English people and their rulers.

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Terms to define

• pope
• magna
• Magna Carta
• peers
• habeas corpus

• Glorious Revolution
• Parliament
• English Bill of Rights
• constitutional monarchy

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pope

• Head of the Catholic Church centered in Rome.

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magna

• The Latin word for great.

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Magna Carta

• The Great Charter of England 1215.

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peers

• Peers are equals.

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habeas corpus

• Latin for have the body.

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Parliament

• English congress.

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English Bill of Rights

• Parliament got King William and Queen Mary to
  sign a Bill of Rights making Parliament more
  powerful than the monarchs.

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Glorious Revolution

• In 1688, something revolutionary happened. King
  William and Queen Mary were forced to sign the
  English Bill of Rights.

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constitutional monarchy

• A king or queen that has to follow the rules
  established by Parliament and past precedent.