Political Principles & Documents

All people must follow the law; no one is above the law.

• rule of law
• representative government
• consent of the governed 
• popular sovereignty

The government is not all powerful - it may do only those things the people have given it the power to do.

• consent of the governed
• limited government
• rule of law
• representative government

A system of government in which the people rule.

• rule of law
• basic purposes of government
• democracy
• consent of the governed

Thomas Jefferson was the main author and wrote about "certain unalienable rights" including "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness".

• The Constitution of the United States
• Charters of the Virginia Company of London
• The Bill of Rights
• The Declaration of Independence

The document gave colonists at Jamestown the rights of Englishmen.

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London
• The Bill of Rights
• The Declaration of Independence
• The Articles of Confederation

This document established our current government and created our legislative, executive and judicial branches of government.

• The Declaration of Independence
• The Articles of Confederation
• The United States Constitution
• The English Bill of Rights

People elect office holders to make laws and conduct government on their behalf.

• representative government
• rule of law
• consent of the governed
• democracy

Constitution means:

• a written plan of government
• a document that abolishes a government
• a addition to a document
• the first time something is done

These list our basic rights.

• The English Bill of Rights

• the Virginia Declaration of Rights

• The Bill of Rights

• The Declaration of Independence

Which is true of the Declaration of Independence?

• stated colonists' grievances against King George
• stated that "all men are created equal"
• written by Thomas Jefferson
• all of the above