Government Chapter 2 Review

When people elect delegates to make laws and conduct government-

• Absolute Monarchy

• Representative Government

• Direct Democracy

• Communism

When was the first time that the British tried to limit the power of the monarch?

• English Civil War

• The Hundred Year's War

• Petition of Rights 1628

• Magna Carta 1215

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CCSS.RI.11-12.5

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CCSS.RI.8.5

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CCSS.RI.6.5

In the 1600's most Europeans settled along the

• Atlantic Coast

• Gulf of Mexico

• Pacific Coast

• Chesapeake Bay

The majority of early colonists were of what religion?

• Pagans

• Judaism

• Christianity

• Puritans

How many colonies were in the "original" set of colonies?

• 11

• 13

• 15

• 17

Where did the European colonists get the idea of limited government?

• From Spain

• From Great Britain

• From France

• From Germany

In 1689 the English Bill of Rights set clear limits on who?

• All of Britain's subjects

• The colonists

• Parliament

• The king

While the colonists thought of themselves as British citizens, what did the king see them as?

• Subjects

• Indentured Servants

• Slaves

• Dukes and Earls

During the 1600s and 1700s, Europe went through a major intellectual movement known as?

• Reformation

• Great Awakening

• Enlightenment

• The Dark Ages

Who gave us the idea of the Social Contract Theory?

• Thomas Paine

• Thomas Hobbs

• John Locke

• Thomas

  Jefferson