1.2 Core Documents

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

The following quote is from 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]..."

What does this quote refer to?

• 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

What was a pamphlet published by Thomas Paine in 1776 to convince the American colonists to support becoming independent from England?

• English Bill of Rights

• Common Sense

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

What was the government document written in 1689 that expanded the powers of the English Parliament, expanded the rights of the people, and further limited the rights of the king?

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• English Bill of Rights

• Common Sense

The Mayflower Compact promoted the big idea of...

• self-government

• due process

• rights

• rule of law

The English Bill of Rights promoted the idea of...

• individual rights

• self-government

• separation of powers

• rule of law

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 rules of the feudal system

• the rule of law

The Magna Carta promoted the idea of...

• limited government

• free speech

• individual rights

• self government