Influential Documents

Which of the documents was written first?

• Mayflower Compact

• English Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• Common Sense

Which document established fair punishment for crimes?

• Mayflower Compact

• Common Sense

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

Which document was written by Thomas Paine?

• Social Contract

• Common Sense

• Mayflower Compact

• Declaration of Independence

Which one established self-government in the American colonies?

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

• Social Contract

• Mayflower Compact

Which one included free speech and the right to bear arms?

• English Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• The Enlightenment

• Mayflower Compact

Which one established the idea of limited government?

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• English Bill of Rights

• Social Contract

Where was Common Sense written?

• England

• The American Colonies

The Mayflower Compact was unique because it

• was the first example of colonial self-government in the Americas

• gave freedom from English rule

• provided a foundation for the Declaration of Independence

• allowed slavery

In English history, the Magna Carta (1215) and the English Bill of Rights (1689) both reinforced the concept of

• self-government

• religious freedom

• limited monarchy

• freedom of speech

A pamphlet published by Thomas Paine in 1776 to convince the American colonists to support becoming independent from England.

• English Bill of Rights

• Common Sense

• Mayflower Compact

• Magna Carta