Founding Documents

Which document was the FIRST to limit what the leader is/ isn't allowed to do?

• The Bill of Rights

• The Magna Carta

• The Mayflower Compact

• The Virginia Declaration of Rights

Which document gave the English colonists the ability to pass their own laws?

• The Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• The Mayflower Compact

• The Magna Carta

• The Articles of Confederation

The idea that citizens have the right to abolish (get rid of) a bad government was described in...

• The Virginia Declaration of Rights

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Mayflower Compact

• The US Constitution

Which document stated grievances (complaints) against the King of Great Britain?

• The Virginia Declaration of Rights

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Mayflower Compact

• The US Constitution

Which document FIRST declared that government should not try to influence the practice of religion?

• The Bill of Rights

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Virginia Declaration of Rights

• The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

This quote appeared in...

• The Virginia Declaration of Rights

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

• The US Constitution

According to the Declaration of Independence, what "unalienable rights" do citizens have?

• peace, love, and joy

• Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness

In the quote, "it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and institute a new government," what does the word abolish mean?

• Start

• Change

• Stop

• Love

Which document was the FIRST to limit what the leader is/ isn't allowed to do?

• The Bill of Rights

• The Magna Carta

• The Mayflower Compact

• The Virginia Declaration of Rights

Which document gave the English colonists the ability to pass their own laws?

• The Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• The Mayflower Compact

• The Magna Carta

• The Articles of Confederation