Documents that influenced American Founding Fathers

In which year was the Magna Carta written?

• 1620
• 1215
• 1689
• 1776

Who wrote Common Sense?

• English nobles
• English Parliament
• Pilgrims/Puritans
• Thomas Paine

Which of the "Big Ideas" was best represented in the Mayflower Compact?

• due process
• self government
• limited government
• rights

Devised the idea of separation of Powers. 

• Magna Carta 
• John Locke
• Montesquieu 
• Rome 

Limited the power of the king and granted rights to nobles.  

• Montesquieu 
• Magna Carta
• English Bill of Rights 
• Athens 

Believed people were born with the rights to life, liberty, and property granted to them by god.  

• Athens 
• Montesquieu 
• John Locke
• English Bill of Rights

Granted rights to all English citizens.  

• English Bill of Rights 
• Magna Carta 
• John Locke
• Montesquieu 

Stated that the purpose of government was to protect natural rights.     

• Magna Carta
• English Bill of Rights
• Montesquieu
• John Locke 

First time that a monarch admitted that even his power had limits.  

• English Bill of Rights 
• Magna Carta
• Montesquieu 
• Athens 

Proposed taking the power of government and dividing it among three branches of government.  

• English Bill of Rights
• Magna Carta
• John Locke
• Montesquieu