Multiple Response
Identify one
or more choices that best complete the statement or answer the question.
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Before _____ developed the jury
trial, feudal lords determined the guilt or innocence of an accused person without benefit of the due
process of law.
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England’s legal system
built on precedents determined by the decisions of royal justices and became known as
_____.
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England’s monarchy began
to lose its power when King John was forced by English nobles to sign the _____.
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The _____ gave English barons
the right to rule along with the King Henry III in exchange for financial aid..
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Because _____ had _____, it
could influence the governing of England by withholding or granting financial support to the king.
(pick two)
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European monarchs claimed that
their authority to rule was given to them by _____ and that any opposition to them was a
sin.
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For a brief period in the
mid-1600’s, _____ replaced England’s monarchy with a government that he called _____.
(pick two)
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In 1660, the monarchy was
reinstated by Parliament which placed _____ on the throne, beginning the period known as the _____.
(pick two)
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By ousting _____ and placing
William and Mary on the throne, Parliament established its right to limit the power of the English
monarchy, an event which became known as the _____. (pick two)
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By accepting the English Bill
of Rights from Parliament, William and Mary agreed to limit their authority and England at last
became a _____.
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Matching
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a. | divine
right | e. | Bill of
Rights | b. | constitutional monarchy | f. | common law | c. | Magna Carta | g. | parliament n. | d. | Glorious Revolution | h. | due process of law |
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a body of representatives that
makes laws for a nation.
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the right to have the law work
in an orderly established manner
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a system of governing in which
the ruler? ’s power is limited by law.
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a unified body of law formed
from rulings of England? ’s royal judges that serves as the basis for law in many
English-speaking countries today, including the United States
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the bloodless overthrow of the
English king James II and his replacement by
William and Mary.
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“Great Charter
”—a document guaranteeing basic political rights in England, drawn up by nobles and
approved by King John in A.D. 1215.
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the first ten amendments to
the U.S. Constitution, which protect citizens? ’ basic rights and
freedoms.
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the idea that monarchs are God
’s representatives on earth and are therefore answerable only to God.
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