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Domesday Book：William sent his clerks to compile a property record known as Domesday Book because it seemed to the English not unlike the Book of Doom to be used by the greatest feudal lord of all on Judgment Day. (This book, completed in 1086, was the result of a general survey ofEngland made in 1085, and stated the extent, value, the population, state of cultivation, and ownership of the land.) P28

[Record of a British census and land survey in 1085-1086 ordered by William the Conqueror]

Black Death was the modern name given to the deadly bubonic plague, an epidemic disease spread by rat fleas. P37

The Bill of Rights (Britain)(1689):William and Mary jointly accepted the Bill of Rights which, excluding any Roman Catholic (罗马天主教) from the succession, confirmed the principle of parliamentary supremacy and guaranteed free speech within both the House of Lords and Mary were crowned(加冕) jointly in Westminster Abbey (威斯敏斯特教堂). P60

Tories：(an Irish word meaning thugs暴徒) Tories were those who supported hereditary monarchy and were reluctant to remove kings. Tories were the forerunners of the Conservative Party(英国保守党). P62

Utilitarianism：(利己主义)the greatest happiness of the greatest number. P63

The Industrial Revolution refers to the mechanization of industry and the consequent changes in social and economic organization in Britain in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. P66

British constitution: P71 ???

Articles of Confederation: ①not to have a king ②created a central government in the form of a Congress ③a written constitution for the United States. P241