Influential Documents CG.1.1 Quiz

an agreement between individuals that created a government that would provide order and protect the rights of the colonists; written by a group of English Puritans in Massachusetts in 1620

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• English Bill of Rights

• Common Sense

popular or representative system where the people create and run their own government

• limited government

• rights

• due process

• rule of law

• self-government

All people must follow the laws, and the laws should be enforced fairly.

• limited government

• rights

• due process

• rule of law

• self-government

People have the right to fair and reasonable laws. Officials have to follow rules when enforcing laws and need to treat all people in the same way.

• limited government

• rights

• due process

• rule of law

• self-government

A set of things that people believe they should be free to do without restrictions.

• limited government

• rights

• due process

• rule of law

• self-government

A government that has been limited in power by a constitution, or written agreement.

• limited government

• rights

• due process

• rule of law

• self-government

What is a social contract?

• an agreement between all the leaders of the country

• an agreement between the people of the country and the government

• an agreement between you and a record label to release your next musical hit

Which of the following provided the model for the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution?

• Mayflower Compact
• English Bill of Rights
• Magna Carta
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

A concept that those who govern are bound by the laws; no one is above the law.

• Law of the Governed
• Rule of Law
• Personal Responsibility
• Self-Government

The idea that people have the right to fair and reasonable laws, and that the government leaders and officials have to follow rules when enforcing laws and treat all people in the same way.

• 12th Amendment 
• Habeas Corpus
• Limited Government
• Due Process