Government homework help. need it tonight. tee hee.?

i kinda forgot my book at school, so i cant really get the questions. if anyone has a "Civics Today" book that would help. anyways, here are the questions i need to answer:



1. Define/Identify (a) Parliament, (b) precedent, (c) common law, (d) colony, (e) charter, (f) compact

2. What is the historical significance of Virgina's House of Burgesses?

3. What did the Mayflower Compact do?

4. Explain the significance of the Glorious Revolution, and the Magna Carta

Government homework help. need it tonight. tee hee.?
1A - Parliament - –noun 1. (usually initial capital letter) the legislature of Great Britain, historically the assembly of the three estates, now composed of Lords Spiritual and Lords Temporal, forming together the House of Lords, and representatives of the counties, cities, boroughs, and universities, forming the House of Commons.

2. (usually initial capital letter) the legislature of certain British colonies and possessions.

3. a legislative body in any of various other countries.

4. French History. any of several high courts of justice in France before 1789.

5. a meeting or assembly for conference on public or national affairs.



1B -precedent –noun 1. Law. a legal decision or form of proceeding serving as an authoritative rule or pattern in future similar or analogous cases.

2. any act, decision, or case that serves as a guide or justification for subsequent situations.



1C - common law - –noun 1. the system of law originating in England, as distinct from the civil or Roman law and the canon or ecclesiastical law.

2. the unwritten law, esp. of England, based on custom or court decision, as distinct from statute law.

3. the law administered through the system of courts established for the purpose, as distinct from equity or admiralty.



1D - colony - –noun, plural -nies. 1. a group of people who leave their native country to form in a new land a settlement subject to, or connected with, the parent nation.

2. the country or district settled or colonized: Many Western nations are former European colonies.

3. any people or territory separated from but subject to a ruling power.

4. the Colonies, those British colonies that formed the original 13 states of the United States: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.



1E - charter - –noun 1. a document, issued by a sovereign or state, outlining the conditions under which a corporation, colony, city, or other corporate body is organized, and defining its rights and privileges.

2. (often initial capital letter) a document defining the formal organization of a corporate body; constitution: the Charter of the United Nations.

3. authorization from a central or parent organization to establish a new branch, chapter, etc.

4. a grant by a sovereign power creating a corporation, as the royal charters granted to British colonies in America.





1F - compact - –adjective 1. joined or packed together; closely and firmly united; dense; solid





2 The virgina house of Burgesses was the first legislative body in the new world. This was a landmark for representation by the people and would be later used to be a model for congress.



3 The mayflower compact was the first written goverment plan for the new world. Many of the passengers on the mayflower knew that earlier settlements in the New World had failed due to a lack of government, and the Mayflower Compact was in essence a social contract in which the settlers consented to follow the rules and regulations of the government for the sake of survival. The government, in return, would derive its power from the consent of the governed.



4 The glorious revolution can be argued that James' overthrow began modern English parliamentary democracy; never again would the monarch hold absolute power. The deposition of the Catholic James II finally and firmly established Protestantism in England. Magna Carta was the most significant early influence on the long historical process that led to the rule of constitutional law today. Magna Carta was originally created because of disagreements between Pope Innocent III, King John and his English barons about the rights of the King. Magna Carta required the king to renounce certain rights, respect certain legal procedures and accept that the will of the king could be bound by law.



Hope that helps good luck!
Reply:definitions you can just type into google to find the answers to



#2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_bu...



#3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayflower_c...



#4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glorious_re...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magan_carta



hope all this helps
Reply:no, im not doing your homework for you. thats UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Reply:Go onto dictionary.com for the definitions, and use the almighty WIKIPEDIA for the other stuff. Shouldn't be too hard.
Reply:Virginia House of Burgesses was the first legislative body in colonial America.



From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia



"The Revolution of 1688, commonly known as the Glorious Revolution was the overthrow of James II of England in 1688 by a union of Parliamentarians and the Dutch stadhouder William III of Orange-Nassau (William of Orange). It is sometimes called the Bloodless Revolution, although there was fighting and loss of life in Ireland and Scotland. Many modern historians prefer the term "Revolution of 1688", as "Glorious" or "Bloodless" reflect the biases of Whig historians. The Revolution is closely tied in with the events of the War of the Grand Alliance on the continent of Europe, and may be seen as the last successful invasion of England.[1] It can be argued that James' overthrow began modern English parliamentary democracy; never again would the monarch hold absolute power. The deposition of the Catholic James II finally and firmly established Protestantism in England."
Reply:The Virginia House of Burgesses was the first legislature in the colonies.
Reply:You can't just go to Ask.com, google.com or dogpile.com to search for the answers your self?