The English Bill of Rights

What did English colonists want to select after the Glorious Revolution?

• Their monarch

• Their military leaders

• Those who made their laws and set their taxes

• Their religious leaders

What was a cherished right of all English citizens according to the text?

• The right to free speech

• The right to bear arms

• The right to select those who made their laws and set their taxes

• The right to travel freely

• 5th Amendment
• 6th Amendment
• 7th Amendment
• 8th Amendment

A government document that expanded the powers of the English Parliament and expanded the rights of the people, as well as further limited the rights of the king; written by the members of the English Parliament in 1689

• Common Sense

• English Bill of RIghts

• Cato's Letters

• Mayflower Compact

Which document established fair punishment for crimes?

• Mayflower Compact

• Common Sense

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

Which one included free speech and the right to bear arms?

• English Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• The Enlightenment

• Mayflower Compact

In English history, the Magna Carta (1215) and the English Bill of Rights (1689) both reinforced the concept of

• self-government

• religious freedom

• limited monarchy

• freedom of speech

What year was the English Bill of Rights enacted?

• A) 1688

• B) 1689

• C) 1690

• D) 1691

Which monarchs accepted the English Bill of Rights?

• A) Charles II and Catherine of Braganza

• B) James II and Mary of Modena

• C) William III and Mary II

• D) George I and Sophia Dorothea

What was one of the main purposes of the English Bill of Rights?

• A) To establish a new monarchy

• B) To limit the powers of the king

• C) To abolish the monarchy

• D) To create a new parliament