Review: Road to the Constitution

The Founding Fathers were greatly influenced by...

• Their British heritage

• Their American values

In the early 1200s, King John of England tried to...

• Give everyone the right to vote

• Give the nobles more power

• Take all the power for himself

The Magna Charta served to...

• Limit the King power

• Protect certain rights for the nobles

• Increase the power of the King

The Magna Charta introduced the concepts of...

• limited government

• monarchy

• due process

• rule of law

The Mayflower Compact states...

• The pilgrims will create their own government.

• All people will follow the laws.

• The new government will serve the common good.

• The government will mirror the English Monarchy

The Mayflower Compact is an example of...

• self-government

• limited government

• due process

The English Bill of Rights...

• Limited the rights of Parliament

• Expanded the rights of Parliament and the people

• Expanded the rights of the King

In the English Bill of Rights, Englishmen demanded...

• The right to a fair trial

• Fairer taxes

• More power to nobles

• Free elections to Parliament

Cato's Letters expressed ideas such as...

• Closer ties to England

• Due process

• self-government

• freedom of expression

Thomas Paine encouraged Americans to fight for independence in his pamphlet called...