Founding Documents Review

Which document established the separation of church and state ?

• Virginia Declaration of Rights 
• Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom 
• Charters of the Virginia Company of London 
• Mayflower Compact 

Which founding document established the first set of laws for the colony of Plymouth? 

• Virginia Declaration of Rights 
• Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom 
• Charters of the Virginia Company of London 
• Mayflower Compact 

Which founding document gave the people in the colony of Virginia the same rights as Englishmen? 

• Virginia Declaration of Rights 
• Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom 
• Charters of the Virginia Company of London 
• Mayflower Compact 

Which founding document created the first colony, Jamestown? 

• Virginia Declaration of Rights 
• Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom 
• Charters of the Virginia Company of London 
• Mayflower Compact 

Which founding document established the principle of rule of law? 

• Magna Carta
• Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom 
• Charters of the Virginia Company of London 
• Mayflower Compact 

The "grievances" identified in the Declaration of Independence are...

• a list of good things the King did for the colonists 
• a list of colonies the King controlled in America 
• a list of complaints against the King 
• a list of demands from the King 

The Declaration of Independence was a letter written to...? 

• King John I 
• King James I 
• King Thomas III
• King George III

Which founding document served as a model for the Bill of Rights? 

• Virginia Declaration of Rights 
• Declaration of Independence 
• Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom 
• The Mayflower Compact 

The Declaration of Independence stated that government should get it's power from who? 

• the King 
• a God 
• only men
• the people 

Finish the quote from the Declaration of Independence: 
"If government is bad, people have the right to...?" 

• move to another country 
• alter or abolish it 
• think of ways to fix it 
• ask King to alter or abolish it