MAGNA CARTA AND MAYFLOWER COMPACT

The Magna Carta means...

• Grand Document
• Glorious Constitution
• Great Charter
• Magnificent Constitution

What did the Magna Carta do?

• Gave more power to the King
• Limited the power of the King
• Got rid of the Feudal System in England
• Gave more power to the Common People

The Magna Carta is similar to what American document?

• The Mayflower Compact
• The Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen
• The Bill of Rights
• The Nicene Creed

The Magna Carta was signed in what year?

• 1901 
• 800 B.C.
• 33 
• 1215 

This painting shows King John signing a document in 1215.  Which groups of people are forcing the King to sign this document?

• knights 
• nobles
• peasants
• serfs

 Why did the Pilgrims create the Mayflower Compact?

•  to show that they opposed representative government.
• to establish an orderly community
•  to reinforce the laws of England in the new colony
•  to guarantee universal religious tolerance in the colony

Type of Democracy in which people vote first hand

• Indirect Democracy

• Tyranny

• Direct Democracy

• Parlament

What is the name of the place the Pilgrims Landed?

• Plymouth Rock

• Alabama

• Stone Rock

• Virginia

An agreement by which people give up some freedom for an organized society.

• English Bill of Rights

• Checks & Balances

• Social Contract

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

No one is above the law is also known as

• Rule of Law

• Individual Worth

• Necessary Gov't Overthrow

• Popular Sovereighty