Ch. 6 Test - The Enlightenment, F&I War & Colonial Leaders

English nobles took power away from the king and queen by asking: Are people born with special rights? Should citizens have say in the government? Do people have the right to overthrow an unfair government? These are all questions from which English document signed in 1215?

• English Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Magna Carta

• Glorious Revolution

The rights people are born with and not granted or denied by a government.

• Natural Rights

• Slave Codes

• Separations of Powers

• Social Contract

The theory that the government should be split into three branches so no branch will acquire too much of the power.

• Natural Rights

• Slave Codes

• Separation of Powers

• Social Contract

The agreement by people to form and obey a government if the government treats them fairly.

• Natural Rights

• Separation of Powers

• Slave Codes

• Social Contract

Who was the English king that placed a dominion over the colonies in 1686? This king is responsible for limiting the colonies ability to self-govern by placing harsh taxes and laws on them.

• George III

• Henry VIII

• James II

• William

The colonists protested the actions of the king for two reasons. They violated the rights protected by the Magna Carta and threatened the colonists' ____________________ of owning property, self-governing and to worship freely.

• Love

• Hate

• Rights

• Wish

Which event in 1688 was when parliament peacefully overthrew King James II with William and Mary? This ended the dominion in the colonies.

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

• Glorious Revolution

• American Revolution.

During the reign of William and Mary, this document was passed in 1689 which made the parliament the main ruling body of England. In this document, royal powers were limited without parliaments approval and the citizens gained more rights.

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independance

• Glorious Revolution

How did the Glorious Revolution and the English Bill of Rights influence the colonial governments other than supporting citizens rights?

• Took away citizens rights along with taxed them.

• Ended the Dominion of New England in 1689.

• Provided a model representative government.

• Both B and C

The movement in Europe during the 1600s and 1700s where thinkers used reason and logic to understand how the world works and to improve life.

• Scientific Revolution

• Great Awakening

• American Revolution

• The Enlightenment