Unit I Review: Historical Documents

Read the following pass below

"No freeman (person) shall be taken or imprisoned...unless by lawful judgement of his peers" - Magna Carta (1215 AD)

Which of these Constitutional principles is described in this excerpt?

• Government leaders are chosen by the people

• The government must pay a fair price when buying private property

• Citizens accused of a crime will be heard by an impartial jury

• Citizens must serve on a jury when called upon

Why is the Magna Carta an important document in history?

• It was the first document to place limits on the king's power

• It outlawed feudalism and gave voting rights to all citizens

• It established Parliament as the nation's legislative body.

• It determined England's physical boundaries

 Why did the Pilgrims create the Mayflower Compact?

•  to show that they opposed representative government.
• to establish an orderly community based on a common set of laws

•  to reinforce the laws of England in the new colony
•  to guarantee universal religious tolerance in the colony

What was the first written form of Gov't in America

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

• Mayflower Compact

• Inalienable Rights

"The most powerful and perhaps the only means of interesting men in the welfare of their country which we still possess is to make them partakers (partners) in the government" - Alexis de Tocqueville

Which of the following best represents the conclusions of Tocqueville's statement?

• Becoming involved in society will make businesses prosper

• Taking an active role in society will help promote contributions of the public good

• Encouraging people to become involved in their communities will improve schools

• Participating in the creation of laws is important for young people

In his essay Spirit of the Laws, Montesquieu argues the best way to limit the power of the government is to...

• Elect government officials

• Separate the powers of government

• Create a written constitution

• Allow for majority rule

"No free man shall be taken, or imprisoned...or in any way harmed...save by lawful judgement of his peers or by the law of the land...To none will we sell, to none deny or delay, right or justice." - Magna Carta (1215 AD)

According to the above statement, which Constitutional guarantee most related to the Magna Carta?

• Rights of those accused of a crime

• Right to bear arms

• Rights of former slaves

• Rights of the convicted

"To this war of every man against every man...that nothing can be unjust. The notions of right and wrong, justice and injustice have there no place. Where there is no common power, there is no law, where no law, no justice. Force, and fraud, are in war the cardinal (basic) virtues." - (Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes)

Inferring from the above passage, what would be the primary job of a strong leader?

• Ensure governments were established by the people

• Protect the natural rights of people

• Ensure the government does not become a dictatorship

• Follow the rules outlined in a written constitution

*Distance from Great Britain

• *Virginia House of Burgesses
  *Mayflower Compact
  *New England Town hall meetings
  The factors listed above contributed most to the

• creation of alliances between British settlers and American Indians
• election of British colonists to Parliament
• growth of self government in the British colonies

• expansion of British trade in the Americas

What is the significance of the Mayflower Compact?

• it provided the basis for a self-governing colony
• it established the first representative assembly in America
• it extended voting rights to non-church members
• It established the idea of due process