CG.1.3 - Impact of Four Documents

Which pamphlet denounced English rule and explained the reasons for colonial revolt?

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• Common Sense

• Social Contract

Everyone, regardless of position, must follow the law

• Due Process

• Rule of Law

• Self-Government

• Individual Rights

Use the quote to answer the question:

"No freeman shall be taken, imprisoned,...or in any other way destroyed...except by the lawful judgement of his peers or by the law of the land."

• -Magna Carta

Which statement best describes how the Magna Carta shaped the colonists' views of government?

• They supported three branches of government

• The believed that citizens should be able to petition the government for changes in laws

• They expected government to protect free speech and property rights

• They believed leaders should obey the law and that citizens had a right to trial by jury

Use the quote to answer the question.

"We, whose names are underwritten...solemnly and mutually...covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our better Ordering and Preservation."

- excerpt from the Mayflower Compact

This part of the Mayflower Compact is an example of how the colonists put which of the following into practice?

• social contract

• rule of law

• checks and balances

• due process

Officials have to follow rules when enforcing laws and treat all people in the same way

• Self-Government

• Rule of Law

• Individual Rights

• Due Process

Which Big Idea is from the English Bill of Rights?

• Limited Government

• Self-government

• Individual rights

• Due process

Which term means people cannot be unlawfully detained for an extended period of time without being charged?

• habeas corpus

• due process

• polis

• consent of the governed

Which Big idea is in the quote?

"This Constitution and the laws of the United States...shall be the supreme law of the land." All government officials "shall be bound by an oath to support this constitution." - Article VI

• Individual Rights

• Due Process

• Limited Government

• Rule of Law

Direct or representative system where people are the source of political power

• Individual Rights

• Self-Government

• Limited Government

• Due Process

The first ten amendments to the Constitution guarantees rights and freedoms that include: freedom of speech, the press, religion, right to petition the government and to bear arms.

Which early document contained similar rights?

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• English Bill of Rights

• Common Sense