1. REVOLUTIONARY
VOCABULARY
CHRISTINA KIEFFER
PERIOD 2

2. MAGNA CARTA
THE MAGNA CARTA WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN FOR
ENGLAND IN THE YEAR 1215.
THE MAGNA CARTA LIMITED THE POWER OF THE
MONARCHIES AND MADE IT SO THAT THE MONARCH
WASN’T ABOVE THE LAW, ESTABLISHING THE RULE OF
LAW.

3. GLORIOUS REVOLUTION
THE GLORIOUS
REVOLUTION TOOK PLACE
IN THE BRITISH ISLES.
AFTER THE REVOLUTION
TOOK PLACE, WILLIAM III
TOOK PLACE AS KING.
THE ENGLISH BILL OF
RIGHTS WAS A RESULT
OF THIS REVOLUTION AND
CHANGED THE POWER OF
THE KINGS FOREVER.

4. THE ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS
THE ENGLISH BILL OF
RIGHTS WAS WRITTEN IN
THE YEAR OF 1689.
IT LIMITS THE POWERS OF
SOVEREIGN AND SETS THE
RIGHTS OF PARLIAMENT,
AND RULES THE FREEDOM
OF SPEECH IN PARLIAMENT.
IT ALSO ALLOWS
PROTESTANTS TO HAVE
ARMS FOR THEIR DEFENSE
WITHIN THE RULE OF LAW.

5. THE ENLIGHTENMENT
THE ENLIGHTENMENT WAS AN AGE OF REASON. IT
BASICALLY MADE SOCIETY FOCUS THEIR LIVES MORE ON
PHILOSOPHY, EDUCATION, LAW, SOCIAL THEORY AND
IGNORANCE RATHER THAN JUST RELIGION.
IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE 18TH CENTURY, BUT
ORIGINATED AROUND THE YEARS 1650-1700’S.
IT MADE PEOPLE START THINKING MORE OUTSIDE THE
BOX, INSTEAD OF BASING THEIR LIVES JUST ON
RELIGION.

6. CHARLES-LOUIS MONTESQUIEU
CHARLES-LOUIS
MONTESQUIEU WAS FROM
FRANCE. HE WAS A
POLITICAL THINKER AND
SOCIAL COMMENTATOR
WHO CAME UP WITH THE
IDEA OF SEPARATION OF
STATE POWERS.

7. JOHN LOCKE
BORN AUGUST 1632
DIED 28 OCTOBER 1704
HE WAS FROM WRINGTON, ENGLAND
NATURAL RIGHTS ARE RIGHTS THAT AREN’T BASED ON
LAWS, BELIEFS OR RELIGION IN ANY TYPE OF
GOVERNMENT. THEY ARE THEORETICALLY DISTINCT
ACCORDING TO PHILOSOPHERS AND POLITICAL
SCIENTISTS.

8. JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU
28 JUNE 1712 – 2 JULY 1778
BORN IN GENEVA
THE SOCIAL CONTRACT ARE
PRINCIPLES OF POLITICAL
RIGHTS. IT EXPLAINS THE
INDIVIDUAL RELATIONSHIPS
WITH INDIVIDUALS AND
THEIR GOVERNMENT.

9. THOMAS JEFFERSON