Chapter 3.4 part 1

Question 1

What did the Magna Carta guarantee

Answer 1

It guaranteed Englishmen important rights

Question 2

Nobleman cannot have there…..

Answer 2

Property seized by the king

Question 3

Could noblemen be taxed

Answer 3

No

Question 4

Noblemen could be put on trial with a _______

Answer 4

Witness

Question 5

Who could determine noblemens punishment?

Answer 5

People of the same social ranking as the noblemen

Question 6

What did the Magna Carta limit

Answer 6

It limited the power of the king which is rule of law

Question 7

The rights of the Englishman were known as

Answer 7

Limited government

Question 8

Where did Parliament take place

Answer 8

London England

Question 9

What is parliament

Answer 9

England’s chief lawmaking body

Question 10

What was Parliament divided into

Answer 10

The House of Commons and the House of Lords

Question 11

What was the House of Commons

Answer 11

The House of Commons was elected by the people in the lower house and was not as powerful as the House of Lords

Question 12

What was the House of Lords

Answer 12

They were nonelected Nobles, judges, and church officials, and was determined by heredity

Question 13

What did parliaments not allow colonies to send

Answer 13

Representatives

Question 14

Where was the house the Burgesses and the general assembly. And what did they both impose

Answer 14

Burgesses: Virginia
General assembly: Pennsylvania
Both imposed taxes

Question 15

Who were the royal governors appointed by

Answer 15

The king

Question 16

Edmund Andros was sent by the king to govern what

Answer 16

Dominion of New England

Question 17

What did Andros end and what did he limit

Answer 17

Ended: representative assemblies
Limited: town meetings to once a year

Question 18

What happened at the colonists refused to pay taxes

Answer 18

They were jailed

Question 19

What was Andros wearing when he tried to escape New England

Answer 19

Dress

Question 20

What was the glorious Revolution

Answer 20

When King James was threatened to be killed by his daughter Mary. King James left the country and Mary and her husband took the English throne

Question 21

Name for things in the English Bill of Rights in 1689(4)

Answer 21

1. King can’t cancel or impose laws unless parliament agreed
2. Free elections are frequent meetings must be held
3. No big fines and punishments
4. People could complain about the king without being arrested

Question 22

Who controlled the governor’s salary

Answer 22

The colonial assembly

Question 23

What was the salutary neglect considered

Answer 23

A hands off policy

Question 24

How was salutary neglect devolped

Answer 24

England’s lack of concern with the colonies

Question 25

When the British can't pay, who do they want to pay

Answer 25

Colonists

Question 26

Summarize the Zenger Trial

Answer 26

When John Zenger published something in the New York weekly journal that criticize the New York governor and landed him in jail for eight months. At this time it was illegal to criticize the government in front. Zenger one the trial because the jury agreed that people have the right to speak the truth

Question 27

Zenger won the trial because of

Answer 27

Freedom of press

Question 28

What year was the Magna Carta

Answer 28

1215