2b - Early Gov't Documents

Written in 1215, this English document said the king was subject to the law and had to follow it. It also gave Englishmen basic rights and freedoms.

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• Magna Carta

When Jamestown was founded in 1607 by English colonists, they didn't know if the rights set up by the Magna Carta would apply to them since they did not live in England anymore but rather than a colony of it. This document "covered" these people.

• Articles of Confederation

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

TRICK QUESTION: When James Madison wrote the Bill of Rights, he borrowed heavily from which other Virginian?

• James Monroe

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Mason

• Ben Franklin

George Mason had already written a "bill of rights" specifically for the colony of Virginia. This was the document that so greatly influenced Madison's Bill of Rights. This was....

• the Virginia Declaration of Rights

• the Declaration of Independence

• the Constitution

• the Virginia Declaration of Lefts

Which of the following did Thomas Jefferson's Declaration of Independence NOT DO?

• declared the colonies' independence from Germany

• stated grievances/complaints against King George III of England

• stated all men are created equal

• stated everyone has natural rights like life, liberty and pursuit of happiness

THROWBACK TO 6th GRADE. Jefferson's Declaration of Independence was greatly influenced by the work of an English philosopher from 100 years before known as:

• Thomas Hobbes

• Voltaire

• John Locke

• George Mills

What document created the first form of gov't for the new United States?

• the Articles of Confederation

• the US Constitution

• the Bill of Rights

• the Treaty of Versailles

The Articles of Confederation had many problems and only lasted 8 years until a new document - the US Constitution - was created. Which of the following WAS NOT an issue with the AoC?

• All the colonies/states had a common currency

• It favored the states too heavily over the federal/national govt

• The states did not have to pay federal taxes

• The federal gov't could not enforce laws upon the states (no executive branch)

When James Madison et al wrote the 1st Amendment, the inclusion of the freedom of religion was influenced by an earlier document known as the Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom. Who was the author?

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Mason

• George Washington

• John Adams

The structure of our current gov't, the idea of majority rule while protecting the rights of the minority, the belief of the worth of all people - these are all elements of which document?

• The US Constitution

• The replacement for the Articles of Confederation

• The Bill of Rights

• All of the above