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ch5 history

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The English colonists brought with them the idea that they had ______.This idea was rooted in ______ tradition.

a)

political rights, English

b)

legal rights, French

c)

social rights, Spanish

d)

civil rights, Italian

2.

In _____, English nobles (high ranking people) forced King John to sign the _____ or also known as the ________(the first document to place restrictions on an English ruler’s power) it limited the monarchy’s right to collect ______ without asking the nobles. It also protected the right to own _________ and it guaranteed the right to trial by jury.

a)

1281, magna carta , great permission, taxes, and private property.

b)

1997 ,magna carta, great authorization , money, public property

c)

1215, magna carta , great charter, taxes, and private property

d)

1450, magna carta, great charter, gold, and public property

3.

The rights listed in the magna carta were at first limited to _____ but overtime the rights were extended to all _____ 

a)

nobles, American citizens

b)

nobles, Mexican citizens.

c)

nobles, European citizens,

d)

nobles, english citizens

4.

Under the magna carta nobles form a ______ to advise the King-this council developed into ________.

a)

great council, english parliament

b)

council, parliament

c)

bad council, parliament

d)

amazing council, English parliament

5.

______ was a two house legislature it was called the ____ which was made up of _____(it was inherited titles) and the House of Commons was an elected position.

a)

congress, House of gods, made up of slaves, commons, elected each man

b)

parliament, House of Lords, made up of nobles.

commons, elected person

c)

council, House of kings, made up of nobles, commons, elected each woman.

d)

commons, house og gods, made uo of slaves, commons, elected to each person.

6.

Parliament’s greatest power was the right to Parliament’s greatest power was the right too ________. No monarch could raise taxes without the consent of _____

a)

approve new ideas, congress

b)

approve new ideas, council

c)

approve new law, congress

d)

right to approve new taxes. parliament

7.

In their new land, colonists wanted to take part in ________

a)

governing themselves. 

b)

parties

c)

ruling each-other

d)

fighting themsleves

8.

By _____ every British colony in North America had a legislature of some kind. In Virginia, the ______ became the first legislature in British North America.

a)

1850, House of laws

b)

1617, House of council

c)

1716, House of Burgesses

d)

1600, house of congress

9.

In many ways, the colonies offered settlers greater political rights than they would’ve had in _____. Still the right to vote did not extend to everyone. English women even those who owned property, could not vote in any colony. Neither could the Native American who still lived on the land claimed by the colonists. Finally, no Africans, whether free or enslaved could vote.

a)

france,

b)

Spain

c)

America

d)

England

10.

The family played an important role in _________ many people lived with their _________. 

a)

colonial America, extended family

b)

colonial city , big family

c)

colonial place , small family

d)

colonianl England, families

11.

Most colonists lived on farms where a ______ was considered an _____.

a)

happy family, no problems.

b)

small family , money problems

c)

family, dissapointment

d)

large family, advantage

12.

In Puritan New England, single men and women were expected to live with a family as either a _____. ______ 

a)

servamt, helper

b)

renter, house cleaner

c)

buyer or a guest

d)

servant or a renter.

13.

(a person extremely strict in morals and religion was referred to as a_______)

a)

believer

b)

puritan

c)

disciple

d)

follower

14.

Men were generally _______, ________, _________, etc…

a)

carpenters, butchers, and shoemakers

b)

fisherman, hunters, carpenters

c)

building, butcher, fishing

d)

hunt, shoemaker, carpenter

15.

A husband or father controlled a family’s income and property. Men also represented their families in public life as ______ and sometimes as ________ _______.

a)

place holder, follower

b)

voters , office holders. 

c)

office holder, teacher

d)

place holders, citizen