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WorksheetsPrinciples Contained in Founding Documents
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
Match the following definitions with the correct principle.
Citizens give authority to the government for protection
Consent of the Governed
Government is not all-powerful
Limited Government
Everyone is equal under the law
Rule of Law
The people rule!
Democracy
Citizens elect politicians to rule on their behalf
Representative Government
What principle states that citizens give authority to the government in exchange for the protection of their rights?
Limited Government
Rule of Law
Consent of the Governed
Democracy
Which principle means that the government is not all-powerful and may do only those things the people have given it the power to do?
Rule of Law
Limited Government
Democracy
Representative Government
What does the principle of Rule of Law state?
Everyone, including government officials, must follow the law.
Citizens give authority to the government in exchange for protection.
The people elect public officeholders to make laws.
The people rule in a democratic system.
In which system of government do the people rule?
Limited Government
Rule of Law
Democracy
Representative Government
What is the principle of Representative Government?
The government is not all-powerful.
The people elect public officeholders to make laws and conduct government on the people's behalf.
Everyone must follow the law.
Citizens give authority to the government in exchange for protection.
Which document established for the first time the principle that everyone, including the king, was subject to the law?
The Constitution of the United States
Magna Carta
Virginia Declaration of Rights
Articles of Confederation
What did the Charters of the Virginia Company of London guarantee?
Freedom of religion
Rights of Englishmen to the colonists
Independence from Great Britain
The structure of the United States government
Which document served as a model for the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of the United States?
Magna Carta
Virginia Declaration of Rights
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
Which document declared the colonies' independence from Great Britain?
Magna Carta
Virginia Declaration of Rights
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
What did the Articles of Confederation establish?
The first national government for the new U.S. states
The Bill of Rights
The structure of the United States government
The principle that everyone is subject to the law
Which document stated freedom of religious beliefs and opinions?
Magna Carta
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
What did the Constitution of the United States establish?
The first national government for the new U.S. states
The principle that everyone is subject to the law
The structure of the United States government
Freedom of religious beliefs and opinions
Which document guarantees equality under the law with majority rule and the rights of minority protected?
Magna Carta
Virginia Declaration of Rights
Declaration of Independence
The Constitution of the United States
Which document protects the fundamental freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition?
Magna Carta
Virginia Declaration of Rights
Declaration of Independence
The Constitution of the United States
Match the following clue with the correct document.
Rule of Law
Magna Carta
English rights to colonists in the New World
Charters of the VA Company of London
Model for the Bill of Rights
VA Declaration of Rights
Our first constitution; states had too much power
Article of Confederation
VA Statue for Religious Freedom
Freedom of religious beliefs
Consent of the Governed means that government can only get their power from _____________.
God
The King
The People
Parliament
Place following documents in the order they were created.
(1 is the most long ago & 5 is the most recent)
Magna Carta
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
U.S. Constitution
Bill of Rights (Amendments to the Constitution)
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare...
This is known as the preamble and is the opening paragraph in which document?
