Influential Documents

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.

• English Bill of Rights

• Mayflower Compact

• Magna Carta

• Cato's Letters

Which of the documents was written first?

• Mayflower Compact

• English Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• Common Sense

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

In English history, the Magna Carta (1215) and the English Bill of Rights (1689) both reinforced the concept of

• self-government

• religious freedom

• limited monarchy

• freedom of speech

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.

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• English Bill of Rights

• Common Sense

Which one established self-government in the American colonies?

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

• Social Contract

• Mayflower Compact

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

• Common Sense

• English Bill of RIghts

• Cato's Letters

• Mayflower Compact

Which document established fair punishment for crimes?

• Mayflower Compact

• Common Sense

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

Which one included free speech and the right to bear arms?

• English Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• The Enlightenment

• Mayflower Compact

Which document was written by Thomas Paine?

• Social Contract

• Common Sense

• Mayflower Compact

• Declaration of Independence