Unit 2 Review (Lessons 6-8)

Why is the Magna Carta an important document in British history?

• It was the first document to place limits on the king's power
• It outlawed feudalism and gave voting rights to all citizens
• It established Parliament as the nation's legislative body.
• It determined England's physical boundaries

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CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

Which of the following accurately defines rule of law?

• "We are a nation of laws, not of men."
• "No one is above the law, no one is below the law.
• Everyone is held accountable to the law.
• all of the above

What is the definition of feudalism?

• a set of rules the knight had to follow
• A political system in which landowning nobles governed and protected the people in exchange for services 
• the official who made sure the peasants worked in the field 
• a noble who served a lord of a higher rank 

Group that makes laws in Britain

• Congress

• Petition

• Parliament

• King

What is a written document by which a colony is founded and its rights and privileges defined?

• Constitution

• Monarchy

• Charter

• Compact

England forced the colonies to pay taxes in order to pay off the debt from which war?

• French and Indian War
• Revolutionary War
• Civil War
• World War I

What is the meaning of taxation without representation?

• When people are taxed, but they have no say in the government
• When people are taxed twice on the same item
• When some people get taxed and others don't
• When people in the Colonies are taxed, but no one in England is

A patriot supports the ____________ and a Loyalist supports the _________________.

• King, Colonies
• Colonies, Sons of Liberty
• King, People
• Colonies, King

The first battles of the American Revolution occured at:

• Lexington and Boston
• Lexington and Concord
• Boston and Concord
• Boston and Philadelphia

When Thomas Jefferson wrote teh Declaration of Independence, he said that all men

• Life, Liberty, and Property
• Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
• Life, Property, and the Power to have a say
• Life, Liberty, and Ownership