Government in Colonial America

The English Bill of Rights was written and passed by

• Parliament.

• King James II.

• the American colonists.

• English nobles.

The intellectual movement of the 1600s and 1700s that had the biggest impact on American government was

• the Industrial Revolution.

• the Renaissance.

• socialism.

• the Enlightenment.

Each of the thirteen American colonies had

• complete control over its affairs.

• its own powerful army.

• its own government.

• equal voting rights for all colonists.

Who had the right to vote in the early colonies?

• all colonists regardless of race and gender

• white, land-owning men

• all white men

• all land-owning men and women

Political life in the colonies was dominated by

• the clergy who were appointed by the king.

• the king and nobles of England.

• colonial legislatures.

• one or two political leaders

English nobles forced the king to sign the Magna Carta because they were upset over

• unfair taxation and cruel treatment of prisoners.

• the lack of good jobs in England.

• poor roads and sewer systems.

• having to fight in the king's army.

u-boats was the name of Germany ships used to sink ships

• True

• False

The U.S joined on Germany side in WW1

• True

• False

WW1 started in 1991

• True

• False

Social Contract is the theory, people need government to maintain order

• True

• False