Chapter 2 section 1 quiz

proprietary colonies

Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware were-

The king could not allow his child to follow him to the throne

which of the following limitations on the English king's power was NOT included in the Petition of Right of 1628

the governors and their councils shared the power to tax and spend

which of the following was a characteristic of the royal colonies-

Magna Carta

a document written in 1215 that introduced the rights of trial by jury an due process of law

unicameral

consisting of one house, as in a legislature

bicameral

consisting of two houses, as in a legislature

as refuges for victims of England's harsh poor laws to provide a home for those in search of greater personal land religious freedom as commercial ventures

the colonies were settled because-

limited government

the idea that government is not all powerful

representative government

the idea that government should serve the will of the people

ordered government representative government limited government

the shape of American government is based on the English political idea of-