Civics Chapter 2

Which Legislative body wrote the English Bill of Rights of 1689?

• The Senate

• The Virginia House of Burgesses

• Parliament

• Federal Assembly

What would English Judges look for when they tried a case?

• precedent

• constitution

• bicameral

• copyright

What marked the beginning of self government in Colonial America?

• Virginia House of Burgesses

• Mayflower Compact

• Magna Carta

• Emancipation Proclamation

What is the Economic theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys?

• mercantilism

• communism

• capitalism

• federalism

What is an economic system that by design creates winners and losers?

• Mercantilism

• Communism

• Capitalism

• Monotheism

What was a tax placed on basic goods?

• Townshend Act

• Stamp Act

• Tea Act

• Metal Act

Who wrote Common Sense?

• Thomas Paine

• Alice Cooper

• Edward Brubaker

• Ben Franklin

What are the three inalienable truths listed in the Declaration of Independence?

• "Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness"

• "Truth, Justice and the American Way"

• "Freedom, Equality and Lack of Suffering"

• "Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion and Freedom of the Press"

The New State Legislatures copied Parliament, in that they were?

• bicameral

• unbalanced

• powerless

• semiportable

Who lead an armed uprising of 1,200 Massachusetts famers on a federal arsenal?

• Daniel Shay

• Tom Englund

• Terry Brooks

• Patrick Henry