Magna Carta/Mayflower Compact Flashcard

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The Magna Carta means...

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Great Charter

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What did the Magna Carta do?

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Limited the power of the King

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The Magna Carta is similar to what American document?

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The Bill of Rights

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The Magna Carta was signed in what year?

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1215

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This painting shows King John signing a document in 1215. Which groups of people are forcing the King to sign this document? knights, nobles, peasants, serfs

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nobles

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Why did the Pilgrims create the Mayflower Compact? Options: to show that they opposed representative government., to establish an orderly community, to reinforce the laws of England in the new colony, to guarantee universal religious tolerance in the colony

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to establish an orderly community

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What was the name of the Company that founded Jamestown?

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The Virginia Company

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This was the name for the First Legislature in the Colonies? Options: House of Burgers, House of Burgesses, House of Law, The Senate

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House of Burgesses

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Type of Democracy in which people vote first hand

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Direct Democracy

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What is the name of the place the Pilgrims Landed?

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Plymouth Rock