10/5/2020 Quiz

The government cannot tell you what music you have to listen to. What principle of government is this?

• Rule of Law
• Limited Gov't
• Democracy

Citizens are in charge of the government. What principle is this?

• Consent of the Governed
• Rule of Law
• Democracy

The people are supporting the government; they are keeping them from falling off the cliff. What principle is this?

• Limited Governed
• Consent of the Governed
• Democracy

This document provides the unalienable rights, declares the colonies independence from Great Britain, and lists grievances against the king.

• Declaration of Independence
• VA Declaration of Rights
• Bill of Rights

This document will guarantee the rights of Englishmen to the colonist

• VA Statute for Religious Freedom
• Charters of the VA Company of London
• Magna Carta

This document was a model for the first ten amendments to the US Constitution.

• Bill of Rights
• Articles of Confederation
• VA Declaration of Rights

The man who wrote the final version of the Declaration of Independence was

• John Adams
• Benjamin Franklin
• Thomas Jefferson
• Roger Sherman

The "grievances" identified in the Declaration of Independence are...

• a list of good things the King did for the colonists 
• a list of colonies the King controlled in America 
• a list of complaints against the King 
• a list of demands from the King 

Which document affirmed the unalienable rights of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness"?

• Declaration of Independence
• The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
• The Virginia Declaration of Rights
• The Articles of Confederation

What document will give Englishmen rights and also for the very first time, make the king follow the rules?

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London
• US Constitution
• Declaration of Rights
• Magna Carta