Chapter 4 Section 2 Self Check Quiz

The English Principle of protected rights first appeared in...

• The Magna Carter in 1215

• The Navigation Acts in the 1650's

• The English Bill of Rights

• The colonial charters, or grants

According to the English Bill of Rights, a ruler could not...

• Request strict laws

• Grant a royal charter without Parliament's consent

• Suspend parliament's laws without Parliament's consent

• Prevent women from voting

The English Bill of Rights protected citizens from...

• Taxes

• Strict Laws

• Trial by Jury

• Cruel and Unusual Punishment

In a representative government, people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government

• True

• False

Parliament served as a model for American legislatures

• True

• False

In a royal colony, Parliament appointed...

• The governor, known as the upper house

• An assembly of colonists, known as the lower house

• The governor and members of the lower house

• The governor and council, known as the upper house

In the colonies, men and women who owned land had the right to vote

• True

• False

Building wealth and power by building supplies of gold and silver is called...

• Trade control

• Trade Expansion

• Manufacturing

• Mercantilism

Which of the following would help achieve goals of mercantilism?

• A country buys more goods than it sells

• A country exports natural resources and imports manufactured goods

• A country seeks colonies that provide raw materials for manufacturing

• A country seeks colonies to buy its raw materials

The purpose of the Navigation Acts was the control colonial trade

• True

• False