Forms of Government

Magna Carta was originally intended to protect the rights of which group?

• religious leaders

• kings and queens

• common people

• nobles

Which document was passed by Parliament in the Glorious Revolution?

• Magna Carta

• Petition of Right

• English Bill of Rights

• Mayflower Compact

Which of the following was a set of laws that limited the power of government and gave all free men the right to choose judges?

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• Petition of Right

• English Bill of Rights

• The Second Treatise on Government

Which type of colony enjoyed the most independence from the Crown?

• royal

• proprietary

• charter

• none of these

Republican ideas can be traced back to which of the following?

• ancient Egypt and Greece

• ancient Greece and Rome

• Renaissance scholars

• The Enlightenment

Civic virtue is the idea that people should do which of the following?

• understand political ideas

• abide by the social contract

• participate in the political process

• place the common good over private interests

The Framers took the idea of separation of powers from which philosopher?

• Machiavelli

• Montesquieu

• Locke

• Voltaire

The Framers relied on the writings of which Enlightenment philosopher as they decided how best to protect economic freedom and rights to property?

• Charles de Montesquieu

• John Locke

• Adam Smith

• Voltaire