What was the English Bill of Rights (1689)?
a) This foundational document helped convert England from an absolute to a constitutional monarchy and protected personal liberty, speech, and property.
b) This essential document reiterated the absolute royal rights of William and Mary, as they agreed to become monarchs.
Consider This: To what extent did the Bill of Rights echo the Petition of Right of 1628? See 2.4.2: England’s True Sovereign.
c) This important document guaranteed freedom of religion in England and in all of its colonies.
Consider This: To what extent did the Bill of Rights echo the Petition of Right of 1628? See 2.4.2: England’s True Sovereign.
d) Mostly an afterthought, this document was mainly a way to keep the complaints of London shopkeepers at bay.
Consider This: To what extent did the Bill of Rights echo the Petition of Right of 1628? See 2.4.2: England’s True Sovereign.
a) This foundational document helped convert England from an absolute to a constitutional monarchy and protected personal liberty, speech, and property.
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The pragmatists were a school of American philosophers who emphasized
a. the provisional and fallible nature of knowledge and the value of ideas that solved problems. b. that most academic knowledge was based on bourgeois ideas that oppressed the working class. c. that the traditional Greek ideals of Plato and Aristotle should be revived. d. that scientific experimentation provided a new and absolutely certain basis for knowledge. e. All of these choices are correct.
Which of the following statements was NOT true about the role of textiles in Andean civilizations?
A) Textiles were considered a gift of gratitude to the gods. B) Weaving evolved from making cotton fishing nets. C) Textiles played no role in the culture, religion, and trade. D) Finely woven textiles were made from alpaca wool. E) Craftspeople braided rope cables to make bridges.
Royal dictatorships were imposed in __________.
A. Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania, and Greece B. Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Romania, and Greece C. Poland, Bulgaria, Romania, and Czechoslovakia D. Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Austria, and Greece