Founding Documents and Principles

Document stating reasons for breaking away from England.

• Constitution
• Declaration of Independence
• Articles of Confederation
• Declaration of Rights of Man

The first plan of government for the US.

• Articles of Confederation
• Constitution
• Natural Rights
• Executive

First 10 amendments

• Constitution
• Bill of Rights 
• Rights of Man
• Magna Carta

The major problem with the Articles of Confederation as a plan of government was...

• States didn't have enough power
• Central government didn't have enough power
• Large states dominated smaller states
• Central government had too much power

Constitutional Convention was originally held to...

• Create the Constitution
• Revise the Articles of Confederation
• Solve the problems between large and small states
• Plan a new government

The main purpose of the Bill of Rights was to..

• Protect the rights of states
• Protect the new nation from foreign influence
• Protect rights of individuals
• Establish a system of checks and balances

The man who wrote the final version of the Declaration of Independence was

• John Adams
• Benjamin Franklin
• Thomas Jefferson
• Roger Sherman

According to the Declaration, what is the source of a government's power?

• The army
• The people
• Money
• Smart thinking

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 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