
Roots of Self-Government
Authored by John Wilson
History
8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which is a right the Magna Carta gave English people?
It established a Parliament with two houses.
It guaranteed freemen the right to a trial by a jury of nobles.
It required that witnesses had to be of the same social rank as the accused.
It prevented the king or his officials from taking people's property.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who angered northern colonists by ending representative assemblies and limiting town meetings?
King James II
Edmund Andros
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King Charles II
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which was guaranteed by the English Bill of Rights?
Parliament would set fines and punishments, not the monarch.
Elections had to be free and Parliament had to meet frequently.
The monarch could impose taxes on merchants but not landowners.
Parliament had the right to name who would be king or queen.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
England's hands-off policy in the colonies was known as...
salutary neglect.
self-government.
consent of Parliament.
the rights of Englishmen.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How could a colonial assembly keep a royal governor from taking too much power?
by appointing new people to his council
by making laws that took away his powers
by refusing to pay his salary
by disbanding the assembly
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