Influential Documents questions

Which principle did the Mayflower Compact establish?

• right to petition govt

• rule of law

• govt has power through consent of the governed

• taxation by consent

Which of the following principles is established in the Magna Carta?

• right to bear arms

• self-government

• free speech

• trial by jury

Which of the documents was written first?

• Mayflower Compact

• English Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• Common Sense

Which document was written by Thomas Paine?

• Social Contract

• Common Sense

• Mayflower Compact

• Declaration of Independence

Which one established self-government in the American colonies?

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

• Social Contract

• Mayflower Compact

Which one established the idea of limited government?

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• English Bill of Rights

• Social Contract

Which one included free speech and the right to bear arms?

• English Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• The Enlightenment

• Mayflower Compact

Which idea is from the Magna Carta?

• The people should be completely free from the government.

• The people should support a strong central government.

• The government should give people a fair and speedy trail.

• The government should have unlimited power to tax.

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

Read the timeline.

Which writing encourages the action demonstrated in the timeline?

• Common Sense

• U.S. Constitution

• Mayflower Compact

• Articles of Confederation