CE 2b Early Documents Review

What does "unalienable rights" mean?

• rights given by the king
• rights that can't be taken away
• rights that can be taken away
• alien rights

 What are TWO problems found in the Articles of Confederation?

• 1) Created a weak central government
  2) Could not enforce laws
• 1) No power to tax
  2) Gave power to the king
• 1) States had their own currency
  2) Abolished the unalienable rights
• 1) Gave power to the king
  2) A weak National Government

What document was used as an example for the Bill of Rights (Amendments 1-10)?

• Articles of Confederation
• U.S. Consitution
• VA Declaration of Rights
• Charter of the VA Company of London

What document created the first form of national government?

• Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom
• Declaration of Independence
• Articles of Confederation
• US Constitution

The Articles of Confederation were eventually replaced by what document?

• VA Declaration of Rights
• U.S. Consituion
• Declaration of Independence
• Magna Carta

What are the THREE unalienable rights?

• Live, laugh, and love
• Speech, peitition, and press
• Life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness
• Life, liberty, and property

What is the main idea of the VA Statue for Religious Freedom?

• Guaranteed the freedom of worship and religion
• Acted as model for the first ten amendments
• Stated grievances against the king
• Guaranteed the rights of Englishmen to the colonists

What document established for the first time that everyone, including the king was subject to the law?

• Declaration of Independence
• Charters of the Virginia Company of London
• Bill of Rights
• Magna Carta

What document will guarantee the rights of Englishmen to the colonists?

• Magna Carta
• Charters of the Virginia Company of London
• Bill of Rights
• Constitution

What document will guarantee the rights of Englishmen to the colonists?

• Magna Carta
• Charters of the Virginia Company of London
• Bill of Rights
• Constitution