Beginnings of American Government

The Greek word that means "rule by the people" is

• democracy

• monarchy

• rights

• Magna Carta

A government where the rulers have titles such as king, queen, or emperor is called a

• democracy

• monarchy

• rights

• Magna Carta

King John agreed to demands written in the

• Mayflower Compact

• Declaration of Independence

• US Constitution

• Magna Carta

Henry II considered the _________ of the common people.

• customs

• rights

• thoughts

• democracy

While on the Mayflower, the Pilgrims wrote the

• Mayflower Compact

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

• US Constitution

Delegates from the colonies met in 1774 in reaction to the Coercive Acts, a series of measures imposed by the British government on the colonies in response to their resistance to new taxes.

• The Puritans

• The Pilgrims

• 1st Continental Congress

• The king and queen

The document that stated the colonies were free from English rule was the

• The Declaration of Independence

• Magna Carta

• US Constitution

• Mayflower Compact

In Rome, the _______ made laws.

• assembly

• consul

• assembly

• senate

The United States Congress is based on the English law-making body called the

• jury

• Parliament

• Petition of Right

• assembly

The Puritans would not give ______ freedom to people in their own colony.

• national

• public

• speech

• religious