U.S. Government Chapter 2 Section 1

What year was the Petition of Right signed?

1628

When was the English Bill of Rights signed?

1689; when William and Mary were coming into power

Consisting of two houses, as in a legislature?

Bicameral

How were proprietary colonies governed?

In proprietary colonies, the governor was appointed by the proprietor, and the legislature is unicameral.

What is a written grant of authority from the king to establish a colony?

Charter

What states were charter colonies?

Connecticut and Rhode Island

What was the last colony to be settled?

Georgia

What is a government that is NOT all-powerful?

Limited government

What is limited government?

Limited government is the idea that government is restricted in what it may do, and every individual has certain rights that government cannot take away.

What was the document written in 1215 limiting the power of the English monarchy?

Magna Carta

_______________ was first settled by people seeking religious and personal freedom.

Massachusetts

What states were royal colonies?

New Hampshire, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia

What is ordered government?

Ordered government is an orderly regulation of government in which they created several local governments based on those the colonists had known in England. Many of the offices and units of governments are used still today: the offices of sheriff and justice of the peace, the grand jury, counties, and others.

What are the three basic concepts of government?

Ordered government, limited government, representative government

What states were proprietary colonies?

Pennsylvania, Delaware, and Maryland

What is the government that serves the will of the people?

Representative government

What is representative government?

Representative government is the idea that government should serve the will of the people.

How were the royal colonies governed?

Royal colonies were governed in direct control of the crown. The legislature is bicameral.

What are the three different types of colonies?

Royal, proprietary, and charter

How did the English Bill of Rights affect English government?

The English Bill of Rights prohibited a standing army in peacetime, except with the consent of Parliament, and required that all parliamentary elections be free. It also guaranteed the right to a fair trial, as well as freedom from excessive bail and from cruel and unusual punishment.

How did the Magna Carta affect English government?

The Magna Carta included the guarantees of such fundamental rights as trial by jury and due process of law (protection against the arbitrary taking of life, liberty, or property). It also established the critical idea that the monarchy's power was not absolute.

How did the Petition of Right affect English government?

The Petition of Right demands that the King can no longer imprison or punish any person but by lawful judgement of his peers or by the law of the land, and he may not impose marital law, or military rule, in times of peace, or require homeowners to shelter the king's troops without their consent.

How were charter colonies governed?

The governors were elected each year by the white, male property owners in each colony. They were based on charters granted to the colonists themselves; largely self-governing; bicameral; had the most freedom.

What was the first colony to be settled?

Virginia

Representative government is...

of, by, and for the people