Enlightenment and Foundation Documents

In English history, the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights both reinforced the concept of

• Universal suffrage

• A limited monarchy

• Religious toleration

• A free economy

The people who came to the American colonies in the 17th century had already been exposed to the idea of limited government thanks mainly to

• Magna Carta

• the Constitution

• the Council of Trent

• the Articles of Confederation

The Declaration of Independence reflects the ideas of

• the Enlightenment

• ancient Legalist doctrine

• the Protestant Reformation

• the observations of Machiavelli

The Magna Carta is MOST important for which reason?

• It created Parliament

• It was the "great charter"

• It created the first democracy in England

• It put limits on the monarch's powers

Which of these was the FIRST example of a written agreement for colonial self-government?

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• The Iroquois Confederacy

• Albany Plan of Union

• Mayflower Compact

The Rule of Law states that

• there should be no barriers to the right to vote

• a just government derives its power from the government

• all people, including those who govern, must obey the law

• a country's citizens are the source of the government's power

When this was published in early 1776, many American colonists became convinced that they should act to form a new kind of nation independence from the rule of England's cruel courts.

• Common Sense

• The Wealth of Nations

• The Declaration of Independence

• Declaration of the Rights of Man

What is the name of the agreement that laid the foundation for a limited monarchy in England?

• Magna Carta

• Domesday Book

• Concordat of Worms

• Treaty of Versailles

After the Glorious Revolution, England became a constitutional monarchy. How does a constitutional monarchy differ from an absolute monarchy?

• In an absolute monarchy, the ruler is elected by the people

• In a constitutional monarchy, laws limit the ruler's powers

• In a constitutional monarchy, the king takes power by force

• In an absolute monarchy, a Bill of Rights protects individual freedoms

How did the English Bill of Rights limit the power of the monarch?

• Parliament could not rule without the consent of the monarch

• A cabinet was created to represent Parliament's majority party

• The monarch could not levy taxes without permission from Parliament

• Nobles were selected to be part of the monarch special advisory group