Which document was written in 1620?

Which document was written in everyday language, and tried to explain why the colonies should become independent from England?

Which documents were government documents?

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Which documents applied the "big idea" of rights?

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Which documents dealt with the "big idea" Rule of Law

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Everyone MUST follow the law. Laws must be enforced fairly.

People make decisions on how the government should work.

People have the right to fair and reasonable laws. Officials have to follow the rules when enforcing laws and treat all people the same way.

A government that has been limited in power by the constitution, or written agreement.

A set of things that people believe they should be free to do without restrictions.

Match the "big idea" with the following

"The Constitution and the laws of the United States ... shall be the supreme law of the land." All government officials "shall be bound by an oath to support the constitution"

U.S. Constitution, Article VI

Match the "big idea" with the following:

The U.S. Constitution created three branches of government. Each branch is given the power to check, or limit the power of the other two. The system of checks and balances keeps any one branch from getting too powerful.

The first ten amendments in the Bill of Rights guarantee certain rights and freedoms that include:

Freedom of speech, the press, religion

Right to petition the government and to bear arms

Prohibition of excessive bail or fines, or cruel and unusual punishment for crimes

"No person shall ... be deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law."

"WE THE PEOPLE of the United States ... do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."

Preamble to the Constitution, 1787