Founding Documents & English Policy Review

This is one of the most quoted passages from Common Sense, which became a best seller in the American colonies early in 1776. How did Paine's argument affect the colonists' opinions about how they ought to be governed?

• It led some Americans to believe that their colonies needed new constitutions.

• It convinced many Americans that they should seek independence from Britain.

• It convinced many Americans that they should be represented in Parliament.

• It led some Americans to believe that their colonies needed elected governors.

The Mayflower Compact, drawn up by the Pilgrims in 1620, establishes a form of government based on

• democratic ideas that were first found in the U.S. Constitution.

• electing a new king to preside over the colonies.

• a shared system of rule between the colonists and the King of England.

• the will of the colonists rather than on that of the King of England.

Reorder the Founding Documents from earliest date to latest date

• "Common Sense"

• English Bill of Rights

• Mayflower Compact

• Declaration of Independence

• Magna Carta

Match the correct principle to the correct document

• Signed the Magna Carta establishing limited government

• Parliament

• Based on wanting to separate from England

• Magna Carta

• Established the English Bill of Rights and right to bear arms

• King John

• Established the idea of Rule of Law

• The Pilgrims

• Set up a self government in Massachusett

• Thomas Paine

Which right is listed in the Magna Carta guaranteeing a "lawful judgement of one's peers"

• No taxation without representation

• Freedom of speech

• Trial by jury

• Freedom of religion

The Mayflower Compact established all of the following principles in Colonial America EXCEPT?

• Self-Government

• Social Contract Theory

• Consent of the Governed

• Freedom of Speech

Parliament is England's?

• Monarchy

• Lawmaking body

• President

• Barons and Nobles

Plymouth Colony was originally founded by a group of people called Pilgrims. Since Plymouth did not have an official charter from England, its government was based on which document?

• Mayflower Compact

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• Cato's Letters

• The English Bill of Rights

The basic principles in the English Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence have roots in which of the following documents?

• Claim of Right

• Magna Carta

• Natural Law

• Mayflower Compact

The Magna Carta required the king (as executive) to be bound by law. Which of these statements best reflects how this idea applies to the U.S. Bill of Rights?

• The government is not above the law and the will of the people.

• People are better off without a government, but it is necessary for society.

• The Congress has greater authority than the President.

• In case of a conflict, the States overrule the federal government.