Chapter 2 (Origins of American Government)

Question 1

Ordered Government

Answer 1

An orderly regulation of people and their relationships with one another.

Question 2

Limited Government

Answer 2

Idea that government is restricted in what it may do, and every individual has certain rights that government cannot take away.

Question 3

Representative Government

Answer 3

The idea that government should serve the will of the people.

Question 4

Magna Carta

Answer 4

Great Charter forced upon King John of England by his barons in 1215; established that the power of the monarchy was not absolute and guaranteed trial by jury and due process of law to the nobility.

Question 5

Due Process

Answer 5

The government must act fairly and in accord with established rules in all that it does.

Question 6

Petition of Right

Answer 6

Document prepared by Parliament and signed by King Charles I of England in 1628; challenged the idea of the divine right of kings and declared that even the monarch was subject to the laws of the land.

Question 7

English Bill of Rights

Answer 7

Document written by Parliament and agreed on by William and Mary of England in 1689, designed to prevent abuse of power by English monarchs; forms the basis for much in American Government and politics today.

Question 8

Charter

Answer 8

A written grant of authority from the king.

Question 9

Royal Colony

Answer 9

English colonies that were subject to the direct control of the Crown.

Question 10

Proprietary Colony

Answer 10

Organized by a proprietor (a person to whom the king had made a grant of land).

Question 11

Bicameral

Answer 11

A legislative body composed of two chambers.

Question 12

Charter Colony

Answer 12

A self-governing colony where the governors were elected.

Question 13

Unicameral

Answer 13

A legislative body with one chamber.