Chapter 2.1-2.3 Review

Which right was established by Magna Carta in 1215?

• The right to vote in elections.
• The right to choose the monarch
• The right to freedom of speech
• the right to trial by jury

Which document confirmed the rights of English subjects after the overthrow of James II in the Glorious Revelution?

• Magna Carta
• Mayflower Compact
• English Bill of Rights
• Montesquieu's "Spirit of the laws"

Which describes an impact of Magna Carta on the American colonists in the 1770's?

• They believed they could not be taxed without their consent.
• They believed they could not be governed by a far-away island.
• They thought they had the right to overthrow a king who did not protect their rights.
• They favored a separation of the powers of government into different branches.

"No freeman shall be taken or imprisoned or disseised or exiled or any way destroyed, nor will we go upon him nor send upon him, except by the lawful judgement of his peers or by the law of the land."
Which right was guaranteed in this excerpt from Magna Carta?

• trial by jury
• no taxation without representation
• freedom of the press
• freedom of religion

Which of the following was responsible for planning and funding the war effort of the American colonies, declaring independence, and was essentially the first government of the United States?

• Albany Plan of Union

• First Continental Congress

• Second Continental Congress

• Stamp Act Congress

What document did the colonists write to share their concerns with England and to break away?

• Mayflower Compact

• Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

• Separation of powers

• alien's rights

• Checks and balances

• unalienable rights

The idea that government is RESTRICTED in what it can do is

• Restricted Government

• Limited Government

• Representative Government

• Democratic Government

The Magna Carta of 1215 is important for establishing which of the following?

• the Virginia Company

• the principle of limited government

• the scientific discoveries of the Enlightenment

• an agreement for governing the colony of Plymouth

Which document from 1689 influenced the ideas about the rights of the citizens?

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• English Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence