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Chapter 2 Civics Study Guide

Chapter 2 Civics Study Guide. English and American law that is not written is called Common Law. England’s Legislature is called. Parliament. Frenchman who said we are all equal. Rousseau. Group of people that make laws. Legislature. What did the Magna Carta Do?.

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Chapter 2 Civics Study Guide

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  1. Chapter 2 Civics Study Guide

  2. English and American law that is not written is called • Common Law

  3. England’s Legislature is called • Parliament

  4. Frenchman who said we are all equal • Rousseau

  5. Group of people that make laws • Legislature

  6. What did the Magna Carta Do? • Signified the king accepting limits to power

  7. The Governing body set up in Jamestown • House of Burgesses

  8. If you refuse to buy something you are • boycotting

  9. Our court system sets these when they rule on similar cases precedents

  10. What did Locke believe • He believed in natural rights

  11. Mercantilism means • A theory that a country should sell more than they buy

  12. Who wrote the declaration of independence? • Thomas Jefferson

  13. What was the Mayflower Compact? • It was an agreement that the pilgrims signed about how their government would be set up.

  14. List of Grievances • This is the section of the Declaration of Independence that lists the Colonists complaints against the British Government.

  15. What was written in 1689 and gave parliament the sole power over taxation, armies and other major decisions? • The English Bill of Rights

  16. What did the First Continental Congress draft? • A document to King George

  17. All colonists had one of these • A governor or a legislature

  18. What type of democracy did the pilgrims have due to all males voting? • Direct

  19. What were the name of the acts where Parliament limited the rights of Americans? • Intolerable

  20. Which country is the American system of law based on? • England

  21. What does the slogan, “No taxation without representation” mean? • The colonist believed they should not be taxed because they did not have anybody to represent them.

  22. What was signed on July 4, 1776 • The Declaration of Independence

  23. The Articles of Confederation was our • First Constitution

  24. What happened in 1773? • The Boston Tea Party occurred

  25. When was the Stamp Act passed? • 1765

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