Colonial Influences

According to John Locke, which agreement did individuals enter into to form their own society?

• Constitution
• English Bill of Rights
• Social Contract
• Mayflower Compact

According to John Locke, which rights were guaranteed by natural law?

• Freedom of speech and of the press
• Life, liberty, and property
• Trial by jury and no cruel punishments
• Freedom of worship and the right to petition

Which right was established by Magna Carta in 1215?

• The right to a trial by jury
• The right to freedom of speech
• The right to choose the monarch
• The right to vote in elections

Which describes an impact of the Magna Carta on the American colonists in the 1770s?

• They believed they could not be governed by a far-away island.
• They thought they had the right to overthrow a king who did not protect their rights
• They favored a separation of powers of government into different branches.
• They believed could not be taxed without their consent

The diagram below indicates that the colonists based some of their political views on historic documents.
Mayflower Compact  >>>>>>>>>>>>  Self-government English Bill of Rights  >>>>>>>>>>>>  ??
Which phrase completes the diagram?

• Natural Law
• Separation of powers
• Divine Right of Kings
• Guarantee of certain individual rights

Which document confirmed the rights of English subjects after the overthrow of James II in the Glorious Revolution?

• Mayflower Compact
• Montesquieu's Spirit of the Laws
• Magna Carta
• English Bill of Rights

Which of the following were most similar?

• The Mayflower Compact and John Locke’s social contract theory
• The English Bill of Rights and Thomas Paine's Common Sense
• Magna Carta and Montesquieu’s separation of powers
• The Mayflower Compact and Montesquieu’s separation of powers

The statements below are from three of the first amendments to the US Constitution.
“Congress shall make no law ... prohibiting … the rights of the people ... to petition the government for a redress of grievances”
“The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed” “No cruel or unusual punishments shall be inflicted”
Which earlier document contained similar rights?

• Montesquieu’s Spirit of the Laws (1748)
• The English Bill of Rights (1689)
• The Mayflower Compact (1620)
• Magna Carta (1215)

Which thinker introduced the idea of a separation of powers for effective government?

• John Locke
• Thomas Jefferson
• Thomas Paine
• Baron de Montesquieu

Which right was guaranteed in the excerpt below from the Magna Carta?  
“No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any other way, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgement of his equals or by the law of the land”

• Freedom of religion
• Freedom of the press
• No taxation without representation
• Trial by Jury