Founding Documents

What influence did the Mayflower Compact have on the colonists views of government?

• people can form a new government

• created three separate branches of government

• enumerated rights of the colonists

• called for a written constitution

The picture shows a passage from Thomas Paine's Common Sense. Which statement shows this in our modern political system?

• absolute monarchy controls laws

• authoritarian governments restrict freedoms

• members of the Supreme Court are appointed

• legislative officials are elected by the people

The Magna Carta listed several things:

*The king could not impose taxes without approval

*A group of barons would make sure that rule of law was followed

*The king could appoint court officials if they understood and followed the law

What idea of government is described in this list?

• separation of power

• limited government

• self-government

• habeas corpus

The English Bill of Rights enumerated the following rights:

*right to bear arms

*right to petition the king

Which document was influenced by these ideas?

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Bill of Rights

• Mayflower Compact

• Declaration of Rights and Sentiments

The picture here shows the colonists on the Mayflower. Which idea of government best describes what we see here?

• democracy

• absolute monarchy

• dictatorship

• representative government

In his pamphlet Common Sense Thomas Paine claimed the British King had treated the colonists unfairly. Which term best describes this action?

• habeas corpus

• tyranny

• right to counsel

• right to bear arms

The Mayflower Compact is an example of...

• social contract

• pamphlet

• natural law

• checks and balances

Which documents influenced the colonists’ views of government?

• Common Sense, Articles of Confederation, Declaration of the Rights of Man

• Virginia Declaration of Rights, Common Sense, Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta, Mayflower Compact, Common Sense

• Magna Carta, Iroquois Constitution, Common Sense

When was the Magna Carta created?

• 1215

• 1620

• 1775

• 1312

When did Mayflower come to America?

• 1500
• 1620
• 1492
• 1410