Historical Documents

The Articles of confederation create a government that was too...

• Strong

• Weak

• Unfair

• Strict

The United States Constitution was written to replace...

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Magna Carta

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Charters of the Virginia Company of London

The first independent government of the United States was established under...

• The Magna Carta

• The Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• The Constitution

• The Articles of Confederation

Which document was the FIRST to limit what the leader is/ isn't allowed to do?

• The Bill of Rights

• The Magna Carta

• The Mayflower Compact

• The Virginia Declaration of Rights

Which document gave the English colonists the ability to pass their own laws?

• The Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• The Mayflower Compact

• The Magna Carta

• The Articles of Confederation

Which document declared that all laws should be passed for the good of the colony?

• The Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• The Mayflower Compact

• The Virginia Declaration of Rights

• The Declaration of Independence

The idea that citizens have the right to abolish (get rid of) a bad government was described in...

• The Virginia Declaration of Rights

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Mayflower Compact

• The US Constitution

Which document stated grievances (complaints) against the King of Great Britain?

• The Virginia Declaration of Rights

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Mayflower Compact

• The US Constitution

Which document FIRST declared that government should not try to influence the practice of religion?

• The Bill of Rights

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Virginia Declaration of Rights

• The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

Which of the following was NOT part of the Magna Carta?

• The King was not allowed to take people's land.

• Laws need to be approved by nobles, not the King.

• Court trials for crimes had to be fair.

• The King was not allowed to declare war.