Chapter 2: Section 1

Question 0

What was the legacy left by the colonist?

Answer 0

The principle of self-government

Question 1

What was the first permanent English settlement in North American in 1607?

Answer 1

Jamestown, Virginia

Question 2

Who established and governed the original thirteen colonies?

Answer 2

Great Britain

Question 3

2 principles of England’s government:

Answer 3

1. Limited government

2. Representative government

Question 4

What established the principle of limited government, and who signed it in 1215?

Answer 4

The Magna Carta (the Great Charter); King John

Question 5

What protections were granted to the people by the Magna Carta (the Great Charter)?

Answer 5

1. Unjust punishment
2. Loss of life, liberty and property
3. Certain taxes one required the consent of the people

Question 6

What did King Charles I sign in 1628?

Answer 6

The Petition of Rights

Question 7

4 protections granted by the Petition of Rights:

Answer 7

1. The King needed the consent of Parliament to collect taxes
2. People could no longer be imprisoned without a just cause
3. The government needed the consent of a homeowner to house troops
4. Martial law could only be declared

Question 8

What was the Glorious Revolution?

Answer 8

The Glorious Revolution occurred in England in 1688 when Parliament decided to remove James II from the throne and crowned William and Mary

Question 9

4 key points of the English Bill of Rights:

Answer 9

1. King rules with the consent of Parliament (needed to suspend laws, collect taxes, maintain an army)
2. King can not interfere with elections or debates
3. People can petition the government and they have the right to a fair and speedy trial with a jury of their peers
4. People are not subject to cruel and unusual punishments or excessive finest

Question 10

2 houses of the English Parliament:

Answer 10

1. upper house known as the House of Lords

2. lower house known as the House of Commons

Question 11

Who wrote the Two Treatises on Government?

Answer 11

John Locke

Question 12

3 points stated in the Two Treatises in Givernment:

Answer 12

1. people are born free and equal
2. laws of nature are the right to life,
   liberty and property
3. If the government does not protect
   these rights then the people have (?)

Question 13

What was the main point in the Second Treatises on Civil Government?

Answer 13

The government is legitimate as long as the people consent to it

Question 14

The thirteen colonies had their own government, how many had an official church?

Answer 14

9

Question 15

3 colonial practices that influence American Government:

Answer 15

1. written constitution
2. legislature with elected representatives
3. separation of power between the executive and legislature

Question 16

What was the first example of a written colonial plan for self-government?

Answer 16

The Mayflower Compact

Question 17

What was the base for the system of laws in the colonies?

Answer 17

The Great Fundamentals (1636)

Question 18

What was the first formal constitution in the Americas?

Answer 18

The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Question 19

What was the first legislature in the Americas?

Answer 19

The Virginia House of Burgesses

Question 20

How long had most colonial legislatures been operating by the mid-1700s (the revolution)?

Answer 20

100 years

Question 21

What was an established tradition in America long before the revolution?

Answer 21

Representative government and separation of powers

Question 22

Separation of Powers:

Answer 22

The division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government.