Holly K

Question 1

Magna Carta

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Parliament

Answer 2

a two house legislature, included House of Commons and House of Lords

Question 3

A BIll of Rights

Answer 3

A written list of freedoms that a government promises to protect

Question 4

THe English Bill of Rights

Answer 4

restated many of the rights granted by the Magna Carta such as trial by jury

Question 5

Libel

Answer 5

publishing of statements that damage a person’s reputation

Question 6

John Peter Zenger Trial

Answer 6

charged with libel because he published bad, false things about the government

Question 7

The Glorius Revolution

Answer 7

when the Parliament removed King James II from the throne and invited his daughter Mary and her husband William to rule

Question 8

Navigation Acts

Answer 8

colonists could only sell goods to England

Question 9

Gentry

Answer 9

upper class of colonial society (wealthy planters, merchants)

Question 10

Legislature

Answer 10

a group of people who have the power to make laws

Question 11

Apprentice

Answer 11

somebody who learns a trade by working for someone in that trade for a period of time