Fundamental principles/Early documents

The______________ established for the first time the principle that everyone, including the king, was subject to the law, and it gave Englishmen basic rights and freedoms.

• Magna Carta

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• U.S. Constitution

• Article of Confederation

Citizens give authority to the government in exchange for the protection of their rights. Which fundamental principle is this?

• Limited government

• Rule of law

• Democracy

• Consent of the governed

Government is not all-powerful and may do only those things the people have given it the power to do. Which fundamental principle is this?

• Limited government

• Rule of law

• Democracy

• Representative government

Everyone, including government officials, must follow the law. Which fundamental principle is this?

• Democracy

• Rule of law

• Representative government

• Limited government

In a democratic system of government, the people rule. Which fundamental principle is this?

• Democracy

• Limited government

• Representative government

• Rule of law

In a representative system of government, the people elect public officeholders to make laws and conduct government on the people’s behalf. Which fundamental principle is this?

• Democracy

• Representative government

• Rule of law

• Limited government

The ___________________ guaranteed the rights of Englishmen to the colonists.

• Magna Carta

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

The_________________ served as a model for the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of the United States of America

• Declaration of Independence

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• U.S. Constitution

• Articles of Confederation

Which document affirmed “certain unalienable rights” (life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness)?

• The Magna Carta
• The Bill of Rights
• The Declaration of Independence
• The Constitution of the United States

Which document stated grievances against the king of Great Britain?

• The Magna Carta
• The U.S. Constitution
• The Declaration of Independence
• The Bill of Rights