What did the English Bill of Rights achieve?
a. It laid the foundation for a constitutional monarchy.
b. It resolved all of England's seventeenth-century religious questions.
c. It reaffirmed the divine-right theory of kingship while limiting the king's power.
d. It confirmed the king's right to raise standing armies without parliamentary consent.
e. It stated that taxes could only be approved by the House of Lords, not the House of Commons.
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A) for prohibition of alcohol B) for women's rights C) against lynching D) against Darwinism
The Peace of Lodi endured until
a. the pope declared it null and void. b. the Spanish king invaded southern Italy. c. Muslim pirates attacked Venetian ships. d. the French king invaded northern Italy. e. The city-state of Milan attacked Florence.
During the Salem witchcraft trials, most of those accused as witches were
a. from families associated with Salem's burgeoning market economy. b. from the ranks of poor families. c. primarily non-Christian Indians. d. unmarried teenagers. e. from subsistence farming families.
Which of the following principles was established by the Dred Scott decision?
a. Congress could abolish slavery at will. b. National legislation could not limit the spread of slavery in the territories. c. The rights of all people are protected by the Constitution. d. Slaves residing in a free state automatically became free. e. Through squatter sovereignty, a territory had the sole right to determine the status of slavery within its territorial limits.