Colonial Government

5. These are freedoms you have that are protected by the law.
6. This is Great Britain's legislative body.
8. This type of colonial government was the most democratic.
10. this was the first legislature in colonial America, the __________ of Burgesses.
12. A legislature is a group of people empowered to make ________.
13. This was the intellectual and political movement that swept across Europe in the 17th and 18th Centuries sharing ideas like: Social Contract, Separation of Government Powers and Popular Sovereignty.
14. In a social contract, people will give up some ______________ and agree to follow the rules of the government.

1. Making sure all legal steps were properly followed for all citizens to ensure fairness in legal matters: Due ___________
2. there is no government and no laws in a _____________ of nature.
3. This document was signed by the King in 1215 and was the first to limit the king's power and establish rights for some citizens.
4. These rights are rights you have because you exist-Life, Liberty and Property.
7. The concept of a separation of governmental powers says governmental power should be divided into separate __________.
9. the idea of Popular Sovereignty says ____________ have the ultimate authority
11. The English ______ of Rights included such rights as Trial by Jury, Freedom of Speech, No Cruel Punishment and No new Taxes without Parliament's approval
15. This type of colony had the least amount of democracy