Chapter 2 Government

English nobles forced the king to sign the Magna Carta because they were upset over

• having to fight in the king's army

• poor roads and sewer systems

• the lack of good jobs in England

• unfair taxation and cruel treatment of prisoners

The English Bill of Rights was written and passed by

• King James ll

• Parliament

• the American colonists

• English nobles

A government in which people elect delegates to make laws for them and to conduct the operations of government is called a

• limited government

• constitutional monarchy

• representative government

• direct democracy

Each of the thirteen American colonies had

• its own government

• complete control over its affairs

• its own powerful army

• equal voting rights for all colonies

Who had the right to vote in the early colonies?

• all land owning men and women

• all white men

• all colonists regardless of race and gender

• white, land owning men

Political life in the colonies was dominated by

• colonial legislatures

• the king and nobles of England

• the clergy who were appointed by the king

• one or two political leaders

Until the mid-1700's, the American colonies were mostly

• A left without government

• self-governing

• controlled by church figures

• controlled by the king in England

To pay for the French and Indian War, England

• levied new taxes on the colonies

• took control of colonial businesses

• closed colonial legislatures

• forced the colonies to build factories

The Boston Tea Party was a protest against

• the English custom of drinking tea

• British taxation and rules

• restrictive voting rights

• the unparalleled growth of colonial legislatures

Unity between colonies was encouraged by

• business alliances

• the strong influence of Puritanism

• a passion for exploration

• opposition to harsh British policies