Civics 360 "English Bill of Rights"

The English Bill of Rights was written in the year 1689…which is about 90 years before the Declaration

• True

• False

The English Bill of Rights _________ American views about government

• did not influence

• influenced

Ideas from the English Bill of Rights were included in the _______

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

• 14th Amendment

Ideas from the _________ were also included in the U.S. Bill of Rights

• Selective Service

• Spanish Bill of Rights

• English Bill of Rights

The Magna Carta and English Bill of Rights had NO influence American ideas of government

• True

• False

Magna Carta contained the ideas of _________and common law

• limited government

• monarchies

• naturalization

The Supremacy Clause means that _____

• some people are above the law

• the King does not have to follow the Constitution

• everyone must follow the Constitution

Habeas corpus means the government must explain why _____

• the King is above the law

• it is holding someone in jail

• there are 3 branches of government

The English Bill of Rights contained the ideas of consent of the governed and individual rights. Consent of the governed means ______

• the people have no legal rights

• the king is in charge of everything

• the people agree to and are part of their government

Ideas from the English Bill of Rights were included in the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Bill of Rights. Those ideas include the importance of ________ and the consent of the governed

• individual rights

• religion

• King's rights