SS.7.C.1.2 HDMM Assessment 21-22

popular or representative system where the people create and run their own government

• common law

• self-government

• due process

• tyranny

a pamphlet puslished by Thomas Paine in 1776 to convince the American colonists to support becoming independent from England

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• English Bill of Rights

• Common Sense

a government that abuses its power

• limited monarchy

• Democracy

• tyranny

• limited government

an agreement made by the people to establish a government and obey its laws

• consent of the governed

• habeas corpus

• self-government

• common law

a principle of the federal government that allows each branch of government to limit the power of the other branches

• consent of the governed

• common law

• checks and balances

• limited monarchy

a government document that expanded the powers of the English Parliament and expanded the rights of the people, as well as further limited the rights of the king; written by the members of the English Parliament in 1689

• Common Sense

• English Bill of Rights

• Mayflower Compact

• Magna Carta

a government document that limited the power of the king of England (limited monarchy) and protected the rights of the nobility (rule of law, right to a jury and speedy trial); written by the English nobles in 1215

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

• Mayflower Compact

• Common Sense

All people must follow the laws, and the laws should be enforced fairly.

• limited government

• rights

• due process

• rule of law

• self-government

What did the colonists support because of the influence of Common Sense?

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

What are a few of the documents that influenced the Founding fathers?

• Magna Carta, Common Sense, Constitution

• Magna Carta, Preamble, English Bill of RIghts

• Magna Carta, Common Sense, English Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta, Mayflower Compact, Emancipation Proclamation