Flashcards
Ch2-THE_FIGHT_FOR_DEMOCRACY_AND_THE_ENGLISH_CIVIL_WAR
Cards in this deck (17)
- 1DemocracyA government that is controlled by the people who live under it.
- 2Civil rightsthe rights of a citizen
- 3Magna Cartathe great charter which guaranteed the English people certain civil rights
- 4Civil wara war between citizens of the same country
- 5Republica country without monarch
- 6Constitutional MonarchyA monarchy in which the monarch rules according to the constitution and laws of the nations.
- 7To colonizeto settle in and control the lands of others
- 8protestantany Christians not belonging to the roman catholic or orthodox eastern church
- 9PuritanVey large and powerful group among the dissenting protestants.
- 10Congregationan assembly of people who gather for religious worship
- 11church of England(Anglican church) with the king as its head. decides how church services were to be conducted in the country. Supported by people's tax.
- 12dissentto differ in opinion, disagree; refuse to conform to the establish church.
- 13Calvinista follower of teaching of John Calvin, a leader of the protestants reformation
- 14tolerateto allow people to live, think, or worship according to their own beliefs
- 15hysteriaa state of uncontrolled excitement
- 16absolute monarchonly the monarch get the power and make rules!
- 17tyranta cruel and oppressive ruler