VA SOL 2a-d - Foundations of Government

What fundamental political principle states that the people rule?

• Democracy

• Rule of law

• Representative government

• Consent of the coverned

• Limited Government

What fundamental political principle states that our government is NOT all powerful?

• Democracy

• Rule of law

• Consent of the governed

• Representative government

• Limited government

What fundamental political principle states that all people must obey the laws?

• Demcracy

• Rule of law

• Consent of the governed

• Representative government

• Limited government

What fundamental political principle states that the people elect public officeholders to make laws and conduct government on the people's behalf?

• Democracy

• Rule of law

• Consent of the governed

• Representative government

• Limited government

What fundamental political principles states that citizens give their permission to the government in exchange for protection of their rights?

• Democracy

• Rule of law

• Consent of the governed

• Representative government

• Limited government

What document established for the first time that everyone including the king was subject to the law?

• Magna Carta

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

What document guaranteed the rights of Englishmen to the colonists?

• Declaration of Independence

• US Constitution

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• Articles of Confederation

What document served as a model for the Bill of Rights?

• Articles of Confederation

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Magna Carta

What document listed the grievances against the king, declared the colonies free from Great Britain, affirmed the unalienable rights, and affirmed that all people are equal under the law?

• Articles of Confederation

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

• Declaration of Independence

What document established the first form of national government for the states, maintained that major power resided with the states, created a weak central government, and led to the writing of the Constitution?

• Articles of Confederation

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• Magna Carta