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Doug: I believe in making laws only when everyone can participate in public decision making.Nicole: I disagree with you; it is best for laws to be made by the people who have been chosen for that purpose.Which colonial principle is being discussed?
a) A. Limited Monarchy
b) B. Self-government
c) C. Social Contract
d) D. Natural Rights
2. Which idea is from the Magna Carta?
a) A. The people should be completely free of the government.
b) B. The people should support a strong central government.
c) C. The government should give people a fair and speedy trial.
d) D. The government should have unlimited power to tax.
6. Which of these historical documents first established the principle of the rule of law?
a) A. Magna Carta
b) B. Mayflower Compact
c) C. English Bill of Rights
d) D. Second Treatise on Government
Which documents influenced the colonists' views of government?
a) Common Sense, Articles of Confederation, Declaration of the Rights of Man
b) Virginia Declaration of Rights, Common Sense, Bill of Rights
c) Magna Carta, Mayflower Compact, Common Sense
d) Magna Carta, Iroquois Constitution, Common Sense
The magna carta is to Limited Monarchy as Mayflower compact is to what?
a) Seperation of powers
b) economic freedom
c) self-government
d) individual rights
Which document was written that tried to justify the colonies breaking away from England?
a) Magna Carta
b) English Bill of Rights
c) Constitution
d) Common Sense
Which document was created by British Lords in reaction to King John?
a) U.S. Constitution
b) Magna Carta
c) English Bill of Rights
d) Common Sense
What is the idea that all people should have the right to a trial and enforce fair and reasonable laws?
a) rule of law
b) due process
c) self-government
d) limited government
Which document highly focused on the idea of self-government?
a) Magna Carta
b) English Bill of Rights
c) Common Sense
d) Mayflower Compact
In what year was the Magna Carta created?
a) 1215
b) 1252
c) 1689
d) 1776
What was the name of the document that want the people to have the right to bear arms, free elections, petition the governement, no excessive fines/bails/cruel and unusual punishment?
a) Magna Carta
b) English Bill of rights
c) Common Sense
d) Mayflower Compact
Which of the following was the first document to limit the power od the monarch?
a) English Bill of rights
b) Common Sense
c) Magna Carta
d) Mayflower Compact
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