Civics: Chapter 2-Roots of American Democracy

England’s legislature

• Town Meeting

• Colony

• Compact

• Parliament

A group of people in one place, ruled by the government of another place

• Town Meeting

• Colony

• Compact

• Parliament

Agreement made among people

• Town Meeting

• Colony

• Compact

• Parliament

was the king that was forced to sign the Magna Carta, limiting his powers.

• King John

• King James I

• King William

The ______ was a document signed by the king after many nobles opposed how they were treated and were unhappy about being taxed.

• Common Law

• Glorious Revolution

• Magna Carta

In 1688 ______ removed King James of England from power and offered his throne to a new pair of rulers, William and Mary.

• Parliament

• the Monarch

• Congress

The change of power without bloodshed that occurred in England was known as the ______.

• Unwritten Constitution

• Precedent

• Glorious Revolution

The first permanent English settlement in North America was in ______.

• Jamestown

• Plymouth

• Boston

A ruling in an earlier case that makes punishment fair and consistent is called ______.

• Parliament

• Magna Carta

• Precedent

A group of people who make laws for a state or country.

• King

• Queen

• Common Law

• Legislature