CE.2b Earlier Documents

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

• Declaration of Independence

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Magna Carta

Which document guaranteed the rights of Englishmen to the colonists?

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

• Articles of Confederation

Stated freedom of religious beliefs and opinions.

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• The Constitution

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

Which document established the structure of the United States government we use now?

• Magna Carta

• Constitution

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

What are the first 10 amendments to the Constitution called?

• The Bill of Rights

• The Bill of Wrongs

• E Plurebus Unum

Which document established the first US government that was WEAK and had NO NATIONAL POWER?

• Articles of Confederation

• The Charters for the Virginia Company of London

• Magna Carta

Which document written in 1215 said that even the king had to follow the law?

• Declaration of Independence

• Despacito

• Magna Carta

Which document declared the colonists' independence from England?

• Declaration of Independence

• Magna Carta

• The Dictionary

BONUS: What are the unalienable rights listed in the Declaration of Independence? {CHOOSE THREE}

• Life

• Liberty

• Death

• Taxes

• The Pursuit of Happiness