Founding Documents Review

What document listed grievances against the King of England?

• United States Constitution

• Magna Carta

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

What document created the first national government for the United States?

• Articles of Confederation

• Charters of the Virginia Company

• Declaration of Independence

• Magna Carta

What document establishes the structure of the current U.S. government?

• U.S. Constitution

• Declaration of Independence

• Charters of the Virginia Company

• Articles of Confederation

What document created a weak central government?

• Articles of Confederation

• U.S. Constitution

• Charters of the Virginia Company

• Declaration of Independence

The weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation led to the writing of which document?

• Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• VA Declaration of Rights

• The US Constitution

Which document states that "All people are equal under the law"

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Magna Carta

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

Which document protects the fundamental freedoms of citizens such as the 1st amendment freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly and petition?

• Magna Carta

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London