SS.7.C.1.2 Quiz

Which lasting document limits the power of rulers and was used by the colonists’ has an example of what government in America should be based on?

• Mayflower Compact

• English Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• Common Sense

Which of the following was the first written set of government in the American colonies?

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• Common Sense

• English Bill of Rights

Which document was published anonymously advocating that the colonists declare their independence from the British crown?

• . Common Sense

• Mayflower Compact

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

When were the rights of Englishmen established?

• during centuries of British history

• under the rule of William the Conqueror

• under the rule of King John of England

• in Thomas Paine’s Common Sense document

The feudal system was important to the development of constitutional government because it did which of the following?

• developed a strong social structure

• allowed the nobility more participation in government

• introduced the idea of government based on a contract

• diminished the power of the monarch

In the Magna Carta, the idea of limited government requires for the king to govern according to which of the following?

• . the nobles’ demands

• the serfs’ demands

• the established rules of the feudal system

• established rules of law

Which of the following individuals advocated a movement for sovereignty of the people, establishing a written constitution and having an effective system of governmental checks and balances?

• John Adams

• Alexander Hamilton

• British citizens

• Thomas Paine

Why did the American colonists have the rights of Englishmen?

• They emigrated from England.

• They were subjects of the British monarchy.

• They were American colonists.

• It was in long-established practices of common laws and laws passed by Parliament.

The following quote, as written in the Magna Carta, “No free man shall be taken, or imprisoned…exiled, or in any way harmed…save by the lawful judgment of his peers [equals]” means which of the following?

• security of lawful judgment

• rule of law

• due process of law

• the right to trial by a jury

The following quote, “In witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cape Cod, the 11th of November, in the year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord King James, of England, France and Ireland the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth. Anno Domini 1620,” is a part of which founding document that the colonists’ experienced during their early views of government?

• a. Magna Carta

• b. Mayflower Compact

• c. English Bill of Rights

• d. Common Sense