WorksheetsCivics: Influential Documents
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is the principle of the federal government that allows each branch to limit the power of the other branches?
Checks and Balances
Limited Government
Tyranny
Self-Government
Which pamphlet published in 1776 aimed to convince American colonists to support becoming independent from England?
Common Sense
Mayflower Compact
English Bill of Rights
Magna Carta
Which government document expanded the powers of the English Parliament and expanded the rights of the people, as well as further limited the rights of the king?
Bill of Rights
Magna Carta
Mayflower Compact
Common Sense
What is the principle that the government has to provide a cause or reason for holding a person in jail?
Habeas Corpus
Limited Monarchy
Consent of the Governed
Common Law
Which government document limited the power of the king of England and protected the rights of the nobility?
Magna Carta
English Bill of Rights
Mayflower Compact
Common Sense
What agreement between individuals created a government that would provide order and protect the rights of the colonists?
Mayflower Compact
Common Sense
English Bill of Rights
Habeas Corpus
What is the term for a popular or representative system where the people create and run their own government?
Self-Government
Limited Government
Tyranny
Common Law
Which government document listed a variety of reasons why American colonists would be better off separated from British rule?
Common Sense
Mayflower Compact
English Bill of Rights
Magna Carta
What was the agreement British rulers signed after the noble citizens demanded the monarchy give some of its rights to 'the people'?
Mayflower Compact
English Bill of Rights
Magna Carta
Common Sense
What is common law?
law based on customs and prior legal decisions; used in civil cases
law based on limited government
law based on rights of the property owner
law based on sound ethics
an agreement made by the people to establish a government and obey its laws
consent of the governed
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
the principle that the government has to provide a cause or reason for holding a person in jail
a system of government in which the king or queen shares authority with an elected legislature and agrees to be bound by a constitution or a set of laws, also known as a constitutional monarchy
Constitutional or limited monarchy
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
The _____________ was a list of rights the British citizens demanded the monarchy relinquish to "the people".
The American Bill of Rights was influenced by Britain's ______________.
English Bill of Rights
America's Declaration of Independence is similar to the British ______________, it the way that the people demand their own rights at risk to the supreme authority of the crowned ruler.
The _____________ was created when British residents landed in the wrong area of the new world (America). They had to create rules by themselves for each of them to follow until they could make their way to the colony they intended to land on. Once they got to Jamestown, they agreed to follow the established rules there.
