Early Documents 2b

Which document was written first?

• Magna Carta

• Charters of VA Company of London

• Declaration of Rights

• VA Statute of Religious Freedom

Which document(s) protected citizens' rights?

• Magna Carta

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom

Which document guaranteed the rights of Englishmen to the colonists?

• Magna Carta

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom

Which document officially prohibited a national religion?

• Magna Carta

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom

Which document served as a model for the Bill of Rights?

• Magna Carta

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom

What is the Bill of Rights?

• a document that lists the limits of government

• a document that lists the rights of citizens

• a document that grants rights to foreign officials

• a document that prohibits a national religion

Which document contains the Bill of Rights?

• Magna Carta

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Constitution

• Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom

Which document first established the principle of rule of law?

• Magna Carta

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom

Which document reinforces the idea of consent of the governed?

• Magna Carta

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom

Ideas in each of these documents are also expressed in the-

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• National Anthem

• Constitution