Founding Documents

The Articles of Confederation gave a lot of power to the individual states and very little to the national government. This is an early example of which principle?

• Due process, because it focused on state laws.

• Popular sovereignty, because the people in each state had their own power.

• Separation of church and state, because states had different rules about religion.

• Federalism, because it divided power between the national government and the states.

Which of these documents first stated that all men are created equal and have unalienable rights to 'Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness'?

• The Magna Carta

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Virginia Declaration of Rights

Which document shows the first attempt at a national government for the United States, but gave too much power to the individual states?

• The Charters of the Virginia Company

• The Virginia Declaration of Rights

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Articles of Confederation

When was the Charters of the Virginia Company of London written?

• 1606-1612

• 1776

• 1787

• 1791

Which document contained the concept of rule of law?

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Virginia Declaration of Rights

When was the Declaration of Independence written?

• 1606-1612

• 1776

• 1787

• 1791

Which document contained the 'Social Contract'?

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Virginia Declaration of Rights