Magna Carta and Related Historical Documents Quiz

Who was forced to sign the Magna Carta?

(a)   wasn’t protected by the Magna Carta.

Another name for the Magna Carta was (a)  

The Magna Carta states that no one can be imprisoned except by a “judgment of his peers or by the law of the land.” Later it becomes part of another legal concept, what legal concept stops the government from imprisoning someone illegally?

Which document first stated that kings were NOT above the law?

Which American document contains parts of the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights?

What was the big idea behind the Mayflower Compact?

An agreement between indviduals 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.

A government document that limited the power of the king of England and protected the rights of the nobility; written by the English Nobles in 1215.

A government document that expanded the powers of the English Parliament and expanded the rights of the people, as well as further limited the rights of the king; written by the members of the English Parliament in 1689