Influential Documents Quiz

The Magna Carta, signed in 1215, was important because it:

• Granted English citizens the right to vote

• Declared independence from Britain

• Limited the power of the English monarch

Thomas Paine's "Common Sense" was a pamphlet that advocated for:

______ was the first to establish a form of self-government in the American colonies.

• The Magna Carta

• The Declaration of Government

• The Mayflower Compact

How did the Magna Carta influence the development of government in the American colonies?

• It encouraged the development of a democratic republic

• It provided a model of government based on the consent of the governed

• It sets precedent for limiting power of rulers; supports individual rights

Who signed the Mayflower Compact?

• Mrs. Sarah

• Native Americans

• American colonists

• Members of the First Continental Congress

• The Queen of England

________: the idea that all people must follow the laws, and that the laws are enforced fairly.

______ is the term for when people can make decisions on how their government should work.

• Democracy
• Self- government

• Rights

• Due process

Which is not an agreement outlined in the Mayflower Compact?

• Pilgrims agreed to limit the power of their king.

• Pilgrims agreed to provide food to Native Americans

• Pilgrims agreed to protect each other.

What document served as a model for the USA Bill of Rights by protecting rights & limiting the power of the government?

• The Declaration of Independence

• The English Bill of Rights

• The Magna Carta

• The School Handbook

Describe the main argument presented in Thomas Paine's "Common Sense"?