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Civics - Early Documents

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which document affirmed that all people are created equal?

a)

Articles of Confederation

b)

VA Declaration of Rights

c)

VA Statute for Religious Freedom

d)

Declaration of Independence

2.

Which document gave the national government no power to tax or enforce laws?

a)

Magna Carta

b)

VA Declaration of Rights

c)

Articles of Confederation

d)

Declaration of Independence

3.

Which document served as a model for the Bill of Rights?

a)

Magna Carta

b)

VA Declaration of Rights

c)

Charters of the VA Company of London

d)

Declaration of Independence

4.

Which document created a weak central government?

a)

Magna Carta

b)

VA Declaration of Rights

c)

Articles of Confederation

d)

Declaration of Independence

5.

Which document guaranteed the colonists their rights as Englishmen?

a)

Magna Carta

b)

Charters of the VA Company of London

c)

Articles of Confederation

d)

Declaration of Independence

6.

Which document affirmed our unalienable rights?

a)

Articles of Confederation

b)

Charters of the VA Company of London

c)

VA Statute for Religious Freedom

d)

Declaration of Independence

7.

Which document created the first form of national government?

a)

Articles of Confederation

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

VA Statute for Religious Freedom

d)

Magna Carta

8.

Which document created the idea for freedom of religious belief and opinion?

a)

Charters of the VA Company of London

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

VA Statute for Religious Freedom

d)

Magna Carta

9.

Which document was the first to state that everyone, including the king, had to follow the laws?

a)

Charters of the VA Company of London

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

VA Declaration of Rights

d)

Magna Carta

10.

Which document gave power to individual states?

a)

Articles of Confederation

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

VA Declaration of Rights

d)

Magna Carta

11.

Which document stated grievances against the King of England?

a)

VA Declaration of Rights

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

Articles of Confederation

d)

Charters of the VA Company of London

12.

Which document stated that everyone had to follow the law?

a)

Magna Carta

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

VA Statute for Religious Freedom

d)

Charters of the VA Company of London

13.

Which document failed?

a)

Magna Carta

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

VA Statute for Religious Freedom

d)

Articles of Confederation

14.

Which document declared our independence from England?

a)

Magna Carta

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

VA Statute for Religious Freedom

d)

Articles of Confederation

15.

Which document established rule of law?

a)

Charters of the VA Company of London

b)

Declaration of Independence

c)

VA Declaration of Rights

d)

Magna Carta