Chapter 3

Question 1

What was written during King John’s rule, 1215, FIrst time in English history a king was placed under the law of the land

Answer 1

Magna Carta

Question 2

What forced Charles I to comply,1628

Answer 2

Petition of Rights

Question 3

What document was created after the English Civil War, 1698

Answer 3

English Bill of Rights

Question 4

Written by a local Englishman who sought to bring honor to the King, showed they wanted a civil government, said they would submit to the law, 1620

Answer 4

Mayflower Compact

Question 5

king ruled directly, king appoints governor

Answer 5

Royal Colony

Question 6

king appointed a proprietor who was essentially king over that colony, and the proprietor appointed governor

Answer 6

Proprietary

Question 7

ruled themselves within certain limits, people appointed governor

Answer 7

Self-Governing

Question 8

a document by the King that established the relationship

Answer 8

Charter

Question 9

first representative assembly in the colonies

Answer 9

House of Burgesses

Question 10

one house legislative

Answer 10

Unicameral

Question 11

2 house legislature, the upper house, the lower house(more powerful)

Answer 11

Bicameral

Question 12

Council of wise men who aided in decisions

Answer 12

Witan

Question 13

Meetings of the Great Council, 1265

Answer 13

Parliment

Question 14

upper house

Answer 14

House of Lords

Question 15

lower house

Answer 15

House of Commons

Question 16

Who introduced Feudalism

Answer 16

Normans

Question 17

What was the greatest influence in English law and government

Answer 17

The Bible

Question 18

Which two men translated the scriptures to English

Answer 18

John Wycliffe, William Tyndale

Question 19

Who Introduced Roman Catholicism to England

Answer 19

Augustine

Question 20

England escaped Rome and the Bible was available to all

Answer 20

English Reformation

Question 21

a non codified law based on customs and traditions

Answer 21

common law

Question 22

Who prefaced his law with the Ten Commandments

Answer 22

Alfred the Great

Question 23

Who is known as the “Father of the Common Law”

Answer 23

Henry Bracton

Question 24

Who wrote “Institutes of the Common Law”

Answer 24

Sir Edward Coke

Question 25

Who said that the revealed law of God was greater than man-made law? Also most important in telling the founding Fathers the law. Wrote Commentaries on the Laws of England

Answer 25

Sir William Blackstone

Question 26

Who laid foundation for trial by jury

Answer 26

King Henry II

Question 27

A document that listed many capital offenses and the Scripture references for the verses that state the infraction and punishment

Answer 27

Massachusetts Body of Liberties

Question 28

Who further developed the representative government by establishing model parliament in 1295

Answer 28

Edward I

Question 29

Who Introduced Parliament in 1265

Answer 29

Simone De Montfort