SS.7.C.1.2 Influential Documents -

Which of the following "Big Ideas" influenced the writing of the U.S. Constitution? Choose all that apply.

• Rights

• Rule of law

• Due process

• Limited Government

• Self-Government

The Magna Carta promoted the ideas of...

Choose all that apply.

• limited government

• free speech

• independence

• due process

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

A limited monarchy is...

Choose all that apply.

• a system of government in which the king or queen shares authority with an elected legislature

• bound by a constitution or a set of laws

• also known as a constitutional monarchy

• the idea that people have the right to fair and reasonable laws, and that government leaders and officials have to follow rules

What was the government document written in 1215 that limited the power of the king of England (limited monarchy) and protected the rights of the nobility?

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

• Mayflower Compact

• Declaration of Independence

What was the agreement, written by English Puritans, that created a government that would provide order and protect the rights of the colonists?

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

• Mayflower Compact

• Declaration of Independence

Who was the colonial journalist who wrote Common Sense in 1776?

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin

• John Locke

• Thomas Paine

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...

Choose all that apply.

• individual rights

• due process

• limited government

• rule of law