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Chapter 3 Flashcards

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greatest influence on the development of English law and government

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Bible

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translated the Scriptures into the English Language

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John Wycliffe

William Tyndale

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non-codified form of law based on long-accepted customs and traditions

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common law

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prefaced his edition of the English law code with the Ten Commandments

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Alfred the Great

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father of common law

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Henry de Bracton

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wrote the Institutes of Common Law

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Sir Edward Coke

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a man is judged guilty or not by a group of peers

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trial by jury

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a man’s innocence was determined by his surviving some dangerous ritual

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trial by ordeal

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where a man fought his accuser in order to determine guilt or innocence

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trial by combat

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a council of wise men who aided the king in making important decisions

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witan

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King Charles’ consent to the Magna Carta

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1265

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who further developed representative government when he convened the MODEL PARLIAMENT in “1295”

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Edward I

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the upper house made up of the nobility and clergy

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House of Lords

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the lower house made up of the representatives of the common people

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House of Commons

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called the Great Charter on June 15, “1215”

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Magna Carta

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reaffirmed certain English liberties

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Petition of Rights

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the colony was a part of the king’s domain and was directly under his control

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royal

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the king had granted land to one of his subjects, a proprietor

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proprietary

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where the people of the certain colonies ruled by themselves

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self-governing

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a document issued by the crown which established the relationship between the king and his usbjects

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charter

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who wanted to bring change in political affairs in England and in the colonies

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George III

22
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under the authority of the king; they were not under the authority of Parliament

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stamp act congress

23
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protesting the stamp tax and other British regulation which the colonists felt were illegal

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Declaration of rights and grievances

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seen as a threat to colonial liberty

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intolerable acts

25
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pledged the loyalty of the colonists to the crown but protested Parliamentary interference with American rights

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First continental congress

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Americas first central government

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Second continental congress

27
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cut off trade between the colonies and England and also officially removed the colonies from the King’s Protection

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prohibitory act

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