Constitution and Fundamental Principles

Which document guaranteed the same rights of Englishmen to colonists in the New World?

• Declaration of Independence
• Articles of Confederation
• Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom
• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

Which of the following documents stated grievances against the King of Great Britain and affirmed certain unalienable rights?

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London
• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
• Declaration of Independence
• US Constitution

Which of the following means a written plan of government or supreme law of the land?

• principle
• democracy 
• law
• constitution

Another word for complaints is...

• grievances
• law
• unalienable
• fundamental

Which of the following established the first form of national government for the United States? It also gave more powers to the states and created a weak central government....

• Articles of Confederation
• Declaration of Independence
• US Constitution
• Virginia Declaration of Rights

In a _________________ government the people elect officeholders to make laws and conduct government on their behalf.

• communist
• dictatorial
• representative
• monarchical

Government is not all powerful, and may only do those things the people have given it the power to do.

• Democracy
• Consent of the governed
• Limited government
• Rule of Law

Everyone, including government officials, must obey the law.

• Rule of law
• Limited government
• Democracy
• Representative government

The people rule. 

• Rule of law
• Representative government
• Consent of the governed
• Democracy

People are the source of government power. Citizens give authority to the government in exchange for protection of rights.

• Democracy
• Consent of the governed
• Rule of law
• Representative government