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7-2.1 Burnette
European limited and unlimited governments in the 1600s and 1700s
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| limited government | a government whose power and authority is limited, typically by the people; the people keep their rights |
| unlimited government | a government whose power and authority have few or no limits (it can do whatever it wants); the people have few rights and must obey the government |
| authoritarian | when the people have to completely obey a government |
| tyrannical | a government which is very cruel, harsh, and / or arbitrary (does whatever it wants) |
| absolute monarchies | monarchies with no limits to their powers |
| "divine right" | when monarchs believed that they ruled because God thought they should; to disobey them was to disobey God |
| absolutist | a system in which the government has absolute or unlimited power over the people |
| monarch | a king, queen, or emperor who has power because they inherited it from their parents or other relatives |
| King John | English king who signed the Magna Carta in 1215, which established a limited government in England |
| Magna Carta | a charter or contract which King John signed in 1215; it limited the power of the King, made him respect the rights of the people, and said the King was not above the law |
| Unwritten Constitution | a constitution (agreement between the people and the government) that is not written down in one place or one document, or not written down at all |
| Bill of Rights | a list of the rights or privileges the people have and which the government must respect |
| Constitutionalism | a government run in accordance with the rule of law; a government run according to a constitution, an agreement between the people and the government which defines the rights of the people and the powers of the government |
| Constitutional Monarchies | when a king or queen agrees to rule according to the laws in a constitution and to respect the rights of the people |
| Rule of law | the idea that both the people and the government must do what the law says, and that the laws will be fairly and evenly enforced and applied |
| Democracy | a government in which people use the vote to retain power and control over who governs and how their government works |
| Separation of Powers | splitting up the legislative, executive, and judicial powers to several government bodies instead of having one person or body have them |
| Legislative Branch | the branch of government which makes the laws, such as Congress or the Parliament |
| Executive Branch | the branch of the government which enforces and carries out the laws, such as a President or Prime Minister |
| Judicial Branch | the branch of the government which is the court system and which interprets what the laws mean |
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