Historical Documents

Which document limited the Power of the King of England?

• The Mayflower Compact

• The Magna Carta

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Article of Confederation

When King John I abused his powers as the King of England, he was eventually forced to sign...

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Magna Carta

• The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

The primary lawmaking body of Great Britain is known as...

• The Founding Fathers

• Parliament

• The Senate

• Congress

Which documents influenced the colonists' views of government?

•  Common Sense, Articles of Confederation, Declaration of the Rights of Man
• Virginia Declaration of Rights, Common Sense, Bill of Rights
• Magna Carta, Mayflower Compact, Common Sense
• Magna Carta, Iroquois Constitution, Common Sense

Why was the Mayflower Compact an important document for the Plymouth Colony?

• The compact gave freedom to all African American colonists.
• It established rules that all of the Pilgrims had to follow.
• It told the colonists who could own certain land plots.
• The compact was written by the king of England.

The Mayflower Compact, drawn up by the Pilgrims in 1620, establishes a form of government based on

• democratic ideas that were first found in the U.S. Constitution.
• electing a new king to preside over the colonies.
• a shared system of rule between the colonists and the King of England.
• the will of the colonists rather than on that of the King of England.

Plymouth Colony was originally founded by a group of people called Pilgrims. Since Plymouth did not have an official charter from England, its government was based on which document?

• Mayflower Compact
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
• Articles of Confederation
• U.S. Constitution

But there is another and greater distinction for which no truly natural or religious reason can be assigned, and that is, the distinction of men into KINGS and SUBJECTS. Male and female are the distinctions of nature, good and bad the distinctions of heaven; but how a race of men came into the world so exalted above the rest, and distinguished like some new species, is worth inquiring into, and whether they are the means of happiness or of misery to mankind.
—Thomas Paine, Common Sense
In this passage, what is Thomas Paine speaking out against?

• monarchy
• warfare
• religion
• slavery

The English Bill of Rights ended the struggle between

• Britain and the American colonies.
• King John and the noblemen.
• Parliament and the king.
• William and Mary.

The Magna Carta (Great Charter) limited the right of ______ in England.

• Monarchs

• Nobles

• Serfs

• Merchants