Chapter 4 Section 1

Question 0

Bill of rights

Answer 0

A written list of freedoms that a government promises to protect

Question 1

Legislature

Answer 1

A group of people who have the power to make laws

Question 2

Habeus corpus

Answer 2

The principle that a person cannot be held in prison without being charged with a specific crime

Question 3

Freedom of the press

Answer 3

The right of journalists to publish the truth without restriction or penalty

Question 4

Libel

Answer 4

The publishing of statements that damage a persons reputation

Question 5

How did English ideas about government and trade affect the colonies?

Answer 5

All English colonies shared a common English heritage and that heritage included the idea that citizens shad political rights .

Question 6

In 1215, ____ nobles forced ________ to sign the Magna Carta.The rights listed in the Magna were first limited to _____.

Answer 6

English
King John
Nobles

Question 7

Magna Carta

Answer 7

The first document to place restrictions on an English ruler’s power.

Question 8

The Magna Carter _________, _______,& ______,

Answer 8

Limited the Monarchs right to levy taxes
Protected the right to property
Guaranteed the right to trial by jury

Question 9

Under the Magna Carta , nobles formed a ______ to advise the king, and this body developed into the Parliament.

Answer 9

Great Council

Question 10

Parliament was a ___________. The _______ and the _______.

Answer 10

Two house legislature
House of Lords
House of Commons

Question 11

The House of Lords was made of ____________ who had to _____ their titles.

Answer 11

Nobles , inherit

Question 12

House of Commons were ______.

Answer 12

Elected

Question 13

Who had the right to vote?

Answer 13

Rich men and landowners

Question 14

What was Parliaments greatest power ?

Answer 14

No monarch could raise taxes without its consent.

Question 15

What caused the English Civil War?

Answer 15

King Charles I and Parliaments power struggles.

Question 16

__________ won the English Civil War and briefly ruled England.

Answer 16

Parliament

Question 17

In 1660, _______ was restored.

Answer 17

Monarchy

Question 18

Parliament removed ______ from the throne and invited _______ to rule.

Answer 18

King James

Mary and her Hubsand

Question 19

In order for Mary and her husband to rule they had to sign the _______ in 1688.

Answer 19

English bill of rights

Question 20

The English Bill of Rights stated :

Answer 20

Restated many rights of the Magna Carta
Upheld habeas corpus
Required that parliament met regularly

Question 21

What led colonists to expect a voice in the government ?

Answer 21

The legal rights that Englishmen had won over the centuries

Question 22

_______________- the first legislature in British North America , made laws for the Jamestown colony.

Answer 22

House of Burgesses

Question 23

________________ set up a legislature called general court in 1629.

Answer 23

Massachusetts

Question 24

In _____, Massachusetts colonists gained the right to elect delegates to the General Court.

Answer 24

1634

Question 25

______ gave ______ outright ownership of Pennsylvania but in 1701 the colonists forced him to agree : ___,___.

Answer 25

British William Penn Only the general assembly could make laws Only the king could overturn laws made by the general assembly.

Question 26

How were British and American colonies different ?

Answer 26

British : had king(inherited), parliament (house of lords,inherited, and House of Commons,elected.) American : governor(appointed by and paid by the colonial legislature)colonial legislatures, (upper house council made of prominent colonists and lower house or assembly , elected by men who held property.

Question 27

In the colonies _____ to ____ percent of white men could vote, which was a greater percentage than England.

Answer 27

50 to 70

Question 28

Who couldn't vote?

Answer 28

English women, even those with property. Native Americans Africans , free or enslaved.

Question 29

In England ______ who criticized the government were punished even if it was true. However a trial in the colonies granted the freedom to publish the truth.

Answer 29

Writers

Question 30

_______, publisher of the New York weekly journal, was charge with libel for printing articles that critiqued the government. Jurors found He was not guilty because the articles he published were based on facts.

Answer 30

John Peter Zenger

Question 31

Because of _______ the press has a right and responsibility to keep the public informed of the truth.

Answer 31

Zenger

Question 32

In 1651 the English parliament passed the first of several ___________, laws designed to funnel the colonies wealth to England.

Answer 32

Navigation acts

Question 33

What are the pros of the navigation acts?

Answer 33

Colonial traders had a sure market for their goods,in England. The law contributed to a booming shipbuilding industry in New England.

Question 34

What are the cons of the navigation acts?

Answer 34

Colonists begin to resent the acts because they thought they favored English merchants Some colonists thought they could make more money if they were free to sell to foreign markets themselves. Some colonists smuggled goods to,forging markets to avoid the acts.