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Government Chapter 2

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12th Grade

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 5 pts

Colonists valued limted government because they

believed monarchs should have absolute power

did not believe in representative government

believed people should be protected from the actions of an unjust government

believed that government was not necessary

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 5 pts

Which was a belief of John Locke and one that influenced the colonists?

All people have inalienable rights such as liberty

Powers of government should be separated.

People are born naturally good and governement is not necessary

Monarch should have supreme power

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 5 pts

The Magna Carta recognized the principal of limited government in that

abolished the monarchy and made England a republic

abolished the right to jury trials

restricted the power of the monarchy

provided for total equality in England

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 5 pts

Which document stated that monarchs could not interfere with parlimentary elections?

English Bill of Rights

Magna Carta

Petition of Right

Old Testament

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 5 pts

Colonial governments were influence by the Old Testament idea that

everyone should be required to attend worship

people should be punished for breaking God's laws.

the people shout obey the king as they would God

the law should apply to everyone equally

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 5 pts

Britain's Parliament served as

supreme ruler for the colonies

the place where the colonists elected representatives

a model for representative government in the colonies

an example of the failure of democracy to the colonists.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 5 pts

The Pilgrims wrote and signed the Mayflower compact to

provide rules for self government

declare independence from England

guarantee freedom of religion

to guarantee equality for all men in the colony

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