Civics - Early Documents

Which document affirmed that all people are created equal?

• Articles of Confederation

• VA Declaration of Rights

• VA Statute for Religious Freedom

• Declaration of Independence

Which document gave the national government no power to tax or enforce laws?

• Magna Carta

• VA Declaration of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

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

• Magna Carta

• VA Declaration of Rights

• Charters of the VA Company of London

• Declaration of Independence

Which document created a weak central government?

• Magna Carta

• VA Declaration of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

Which document guaranteed the colonists their rights as Englishmen?

• Magna Carta

• Charters of the VA Company of London

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

Which document affirmed our unalienable rights?

• Articles of Confederation

• Charters of the VA Company of London

• VA Statute for Religious Freedom

• Declaration of Independence

Which document created the first form of national government?

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

• VA Statute for Religious Freedom

• Magna Carta

Which document created the idea for freedom of religious belief and opinion?

• Charters of the VA Company of London

• Declaration of Independence

• VA Statute for Religious Freedom

• Magna Carta

Which document was the first to state that everyone, including the king, had to follow the laws?

• Charters of the VA Company of London

• Declaration of Independence

• VA Declaration of Rights

• Magna Carta

Which document gave power to individual states?

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

• VA Declaration of Rights

• Magna Carta