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Roots of Representative Government

Authored by Peter Bralich

History

8th Grade

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Roots of Representative Government
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which document limited the power of the English monarchy and established the principle that the king is subject to the law?

Magna Carta

Bill of Rights

Declaration of Independence

Constitution

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which document was a written agreement among the Pilgrims aboard the Mayflower that established a self-governing colony in Plymouth, Massachusetts?

Mayflower Treaty

Plymouth Agreement

Mayflower Constitution

Mayflower Compact

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which document guaranteed certain rights and liberties to the English people, including the right to a fair trial and freedom from cruel and unusual punishment?

Bill of Rights

Declaration of Independence

Emancipation Proclamation

Magna Carta

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which legislative assembly was the first representative government in the American colonies?

Massachusetts General Court

Virginia House of Burgesses

Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly

New York Provincial Congress

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which document is considered the first written constitution in the American colonies?

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Articles of Confederation

Mayflower Compact

Declaration of Independence

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which document established the principle of limited government and the idea that government should be based on the consent of the governed?

Declaration of Independence

Constitution

Bill of Rights

Magna Carta

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which document influenced the drafting of the United States Constitution and the Bill of Rights?

Declaration of Independence

Emancipation Proclamation

Articles of Confederation

English Bill of Rights

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