Parliament Limits the English Monarchy

What is the name of Great Britain's lawmaking assembly which is similar to the U.S. Congress?

• Parliament

• Monarchy

• Reich

• Politburo

He took over the English throne in 1625, fought constantly with Parliament over money and power, and was eventually the first sitting European monarch to be executed by his own people.

• William II

• Oliver Cromwell

• Charles I

• Robert Boyle

“The state of monarchy is the supremest [sic] thing upon earth: For kings are not only God’s Lieutenants upon earth and sit upon God’s throne, but even by God himself they are called gods, and so their power after a certain relation compared to Divine power. Kings are also compared to fathers of families: For a king is truly the father of his country.” The author of the above passage is?

• James I, speech in Parliament

• Thomas Hobbes, The Leviathan

• Oliver Cromwell, speech in Parliament

• John Lock, Essay on Human Understanding

What document, passed in 1679, stated that prisoners have the right to know the charges against them, could not be held indefinitely without a trial and could not be jailed for opposing the ruler?

• Scientific Revolution Manifesto

• English Bill of RIghts

• Habeas Corpus

• Declaration of Indepedence

Who was the English Civil War a struggle between

• English citizens and Louis XIV

• Parliament (power of the the people) and the monarch

• England and France

• Parliament and France

Which event pushed the people of England into civil war?

• King Charles began to attack the people.

• King Charles disabled the New Model Army

• King Charles banned the Parliament

• King Charles had soldiers arrest five members of Parliament

· No suspension of any of Parliament’s laws

· No levying of taxes without Parliament’s approval

· No interfering with freedom of speech in Parliament

· No penalty for citizens who petitions the king about grievances (complaints). What document, passed in 1689, set limitations on a monarch in England?

• Scientific Revolution

• English Bill of Rights

• Habeas Corpus

• Petition of Rights

Which of the following was an important consequence of the Glorious Revolution of

1688-1689?

• England gained control of Spanish colonial possessions in the New World.

• The franchise was expanded to members of the lower classes

• Roman Catholicism was reintroduced into England.

• Limits were put on the power of the English monarchy.

The signing of the Magna Carta in 12l5 and the Glorious Revolution in 1688 were key events in English history because they resulted in

• creating alliances with France
• defeating Protestant nobles
• limiting the power of the monarchy
• annexing territory

When a ruler has complete authority over the government and the lives of the people.

• Absolutism
• Republicanism
• Socialism 
• Parliament-arianism

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