Ch4 L2

The English principle of protected rights first appeared in _____________.

• the Magna Carta in 1215

• B.the Navigation Acts in the 1650s

• e English Bill of Rights in 1689

• D.the colonial charters, or grants

According to the English Bill of Rights, a ruler could not ______________.

 

 

 

• request strict laws

• grant a royal charter without Parliament's consent

• suspend Parliament's laws without Parliament's consent

•  prevent women from voting

In a representative government, people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government.

• true

• false

The English Bill of Rights protected citizens from ______________.

• taxes

• strict laws

• trial by jury

• cruel and unusual punishment

Parliament served as a model for American legislatures.

• True

• False

In a royal colony, Parliament appointed ______________.

• the governor, known as the upper house

• an assembly of colonists, known as the lower house

• the governor and members of the lower house

• the governor and council, known as the upper house

In the colonies, men and women who owned land had the right to vote.

• true

• false

Building wealth and power by building supplies of gold and silver is called ______________.

• trade control

• trade expansion

• manufacturing

• mercantilism

Which of the following would help achieve the goals of mercantilism?

• A country buys more goods than it sells.

• A country exports natural resources and imports manufactured goods.

• .A country seeks colonies that provide raw materials for manufacturing.

• A country seeks colonies to buy its raw materials.

The purpose of the Navigation Acts was to control colonial trade.

• true

• false