Roots of Representative Government

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

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

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

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

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

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• Articles of Confederation

• Mayflower Compact

• Declaration of Independence

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

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

Which document established the idea of self-government and majority rule in the American colonies?

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Constitution of the United States

• Declaration of Independence

• Mayflower Compact

Which legislative assembly served as a model for other colonial assemblies and helped shape the development of representative government in America?

• Virginia House of Burgesses

• New York Provincial Assembly

• Massachusetts General Court

• Pennsylvania Provincial Assembly

Which document extended rights and privileges to all Englishmen and the colonists thought it also applied to them as well?

• Declaration of Independence

• English Bill of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

• Magna Carta