Act of Settlement		statement of certain rights which, under a society's laws, citizens and/or residents either have, want to have, or ought to have.
Charles I		king of England, Scotland, and Ireland
Whigs		wrote by English Parliament for Charles I
Puritans		English penal laws that imposed various civil disabilities on Roman Catholics and Nonconformists
Three Branch Government		Parliament meets every three years
Test Act		laws in response to growing unrest
Prime Minister		political party
Triennial Act		a law enacted by a government that requires tax to be paid on the transfer of certain documents such as property deeds.
Bill of Rights		first governing document of the USA
Thomas Paine		passed by long parliament
Articles of Confederation		name used by Parliamentarians for the Royalist supporters of King Charles I
Intolerable Acts		keeps governments independent
Roundheads		legislative, executive and judiciary
Robert Walpole		member of the whig party
Tories		English military leader and politician
Commonwealth		laws restricting foreign shopping
Oliver Cromwell		Tory Party or Conservatives
Checks and Balances		wrote "Common Sense" pamphlet
Act of Union		a politician who serves as the head of the executive branch of government in a parliamentary system
Cavaliers		supporters of parliamentism
Stamp Act		members of a group of English Protestants
Navigation Acts		merged the Kingdom of Ireland and the Kingdom of Great Britain
Habeas Corpus Act		a writ ordering that a prisoner be brought to the court
Petition of Rights		a political unit founded in law by agreement of the people for the common good