Soc.St. Ch.5-1

This was signed in 1215, required the king to follow the same laws as other English people.

• English Bill of Rights

• constitution

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

The English Bill of Rights kept the king or queen from passing new taxes or changing laws without the approval of ________

• court

• Parliament

• King

• President

The first government of the United States did not have a president or a national ____________________

• constitution

• court system

• parliament

• suffrage

Colonial documents such as the _______________ and the Connecticut constitution influenced American government.

• Magna Carta

• constitution

• Mayflower Compact

• English Bill of Rights

The __________________ established a precedent of religious tolerance and freedom.

• Magna Carta

• Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom

• English Bill of Rights

• Mayflower Compact

The constitutions of many states expanded __________, or voting rights, by allowing any white man who paid taxes to vote.

• ratification

• suffrage

• constitution

• court system

The ___________________ was a document that created the first central government.

• constitution

• Magna Carta

• Articles of Confederation

• English Bill of Rights

The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 established territorial representation, public education, and prohibited _________.

• suffrage

• slavery

• education

• court system

During the American Revolution most colonies wrote _______________ that supported limited, republican governments.

• constitutions

• suffrage

• ratification

• court system

The Confederation Congress passed the ___________ to create a system for surveying and dividing public lands.

• Land Ordinance of 1785

• NW Ordinance

• Articles of Confederation

• Mayflower Compact