Colonial Governments

Governments in the colonies were influenced and sometimes controlled by this country?

• France

• England

• Spain

• Portugal

This document written in 1215, established rights and the idea that government should be limited?

• The Treaty of Paris

• The English Bill of Rights

• The Magna Carta

• The Constitution

This document signed in 1689 further reduced the powers of the king or queen and established more rights?

• The Magna Carta

• The English Bill of Rights

• The Constitution

• The Declaration of Independence

This period and movement spread ideas for better governments throughout Europe and eventually the U.S.?

• The Renaissance

• The Great Awakening

• The Middle Ages

• The Enlightenment

England had a partially elected legislature who made laws for the people making it this type of democracy?

• Representative Democracy

• Dictatorship

• Monarchy

• English Common Law

The Pilgrims signed this document establishing the principles of self-government and a social contract?

• The Constitution

• The English Bill of Rights

• The Mayflower Compact

• The Magna Carta

Virginia had an elected assembly/legislature known as?

• The House of Burgesses

• The Legislative Branch

• Parliament

• Absolute Monarchy

Colonial courts used previous English court decisions to decide cases in a system called?

• Representative Democracy

• English Common Law

• Absolute Monarchy

• Checks and Balances

There were three types of colonies and colonial governments known as?

• Legislative, Executive, Judicial

• Big, Medium, Small

• Representative, Elected, Appointed

• Charter, Royal, and Proprietary

Tensions often arose with this royally appointed executive of the colonies when he carried out England’s orders?

• The Mayor

• The President

• The King

• The Governor