Influential people and documents

The image concerns government.

Which Enlightenment ideas is represented by the image?

• separation of powers

• checks and balances

• social contract

• natural law

Which idea is from the Magna Carta?

• The people should be completely free from the government.

• The people should support a strong central government.

• The government should give people a fair and speedy trail.

• The government should have unlimited power to tax.

Which documents influenced the colonists' views of government?

• Common Sense, Articles of Confederation, Declaration of the Rights of Man.

• Virginia Declaration of Rights, Common Sense, Bill of Rights.

• Magna Carta, Mayflower Compact, Common Sense

• Magna Carta, Iroquois Constitution, Common Sense

What influence did the Mayflower Compact have on the colonists views of government?

• people can form a new government

• created three separate branches of government

• enumerated rights of the colonists

• called for a written constitution

The Magna Carta listed several things:

*The king could not impose taxes without approval

*A group of barons would make sure that rule of law was followed

*The king could appoint court officials if they understood and followed the law

What idea of government is described in this list?

• separation of power

• limited government

• self-government

• habeas corpus

The English Bill of Rights enumerated the following rights:

*right to bear arms

*right to petition the king

Which document was influenced by these ideas?

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Bill of Rights

• Mayflower Compact

• Declaration of Rights and Sentiments

In his pamphlet Common Sense Thomas Paine claimed the British King had treated the colonists unfairly. Which term best describes this action?

• habeas corpus

• tyranny

• right to counsel

• right to bear arms

The Mayflower Compact is an example of...

• social contract

• pamphlet

• natural law

• checks and balances

Which item is missing from this list?

Mayflower Compact -> Self-Government

Common Sense -> Independence

English Bill of Rights -> Individual rights

• Declaration of Independence -> Natural rights

• Magna Carta -> Rule of law

• U.S. Constitution -> Separation of powers

• Habeas Corpus -> Tyranny