Founding Documents and Big Ideas

Members of law enforcement reading someone they have detained their rights is an example of which Big Idea?

• Due Process

• Rule of Law

• Self Government

• Rights

• Limited Government

The President of the United States having a limit of two, four year terms is an example of which Big IdeaRights

• Due Process

• Limited Government

• Self Government

• Rule of Law

• Rights

Signing your name onto a petition that is set to appear before the US Congress as a possible bill to become law is an example of which of the following?

• Rule of Law

• Limited Government

• Rights

• Self Government

• Due Process

Engaging in a protest to openly disagree with Congress' handling of firearm laws in this country is an example of

• Self Government

• Rights

• Limited Government

• Rule of Law

• Due Process

A rich man and a poor man are both being charged with and found guilty of a serious crime. Which idea is at play here?

• Rule of Law

• Self Government

• Limited Government

• Due Process

• Rights

The Magna Carta was written in 1215 by whom?

• English Nobility

• Settled Pilgrims

• Thomas Paine

• English Parliament

• Anonymous English Journalists

These documents, written in 1720, were written to convince people to support the freedom of expression and to fight the heavy handedness of the British government.

• Magna Carta

• English BIll of Rights

• Mayflower Compact

• Cato's Letters

These documents, written by the British Parliament, were written to further limit the authority of the monarchy and to allow the people the ability to vote for elected representatives

• English Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• Cato's Letters

This document was created for the purpose of early settlers deciding what kind of government they would participate in

• Mayflower Compact

• English Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• Cato's Letters

This pamphlet was written in order to convince the colonists that representative government was far preferable to rule from afar by a monarch

• Common Sense

• English Bill of Rights

• Cato's Letters

• Magna Carta