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Roots of Representative Government chap 4

Authored by Heather Tortoreti

Social Studies

8th Grade

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Roots of Representative Government chap 4
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

When the British govenment relaxed enforcement of strict laws and regulations on the American Colonies, this was known as...

compact

salutary neglect

bicameral

indigo nation

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

All of the following are true about the Magna Carta except...

No trial without witnesses would occur

A trial by jury would now happen

Taxation would happen with consent (permission) by a council

Property rights of free men were not protected

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In 1620, the ______________ was signed in Plymouth, Massachusetts. This document helped establish the idea of self-government and majority rule.

English Bill of Rights

Magna Carta

Mayflower Compact

American Bill of Rights

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

England's law making body is known as _____________. It has a bicameral legislature known as the House of Commons and the House of Lords.

Congress

Big Ben

Parliment

the legislature

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the colonies, Colonists started Colonial Assemblies, like the House of Burgesses, to make laws within their colonies.

true

false

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

How were colonial assemblies limited? (pick 2)

The governor who was appointed by the king had to approve the laws.

The governor apppointed all the members of the colonial assembly

The governor could dismiss the colonial assembly

The governor conducted all the trials in the colony and could influence the jury's verdict.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which law prohibited the colonies from trading with other countries, except England?

The Stamp Act

The Nautical Act

The Navigation Acts

The Coercive Acts

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