Foundations of Our Constitution

Citizens give authority or permission to the government is an idea expressed by which political principle we discussed?

• rule of law
• consent of the governed
• limited government
• representative government

Government is not all-powerful and may do only those things the people and the Constitution have given it the power to do is an idea expressed by which political principle we discussed?

• rule of law
• consent of the governed
• limited government
• representative government

Everyone must follow the law is an idea expressed by which political principle we discussed?

• rule of law
• consent of the governed
• limited government
• representative government

The people elect public office holders to make laws is an idea expressed by which political principle we discussed?

• rule of law
• democracy
• limited government
• representative government

The people rule is an idea expressed by which political principle we discussed?

• rule of law
• democracy
• limited government
• representative government

This early document established the idea of the rule of law because for the first time even the king had to follow the law

• Virginia Declaration of Rights
• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
• Articles of Confederation
• Magna Carta

This early document guaranteed the rights of Englishmen to the colonists, including the right to elect a representative.

• Virginia Declaration of Rights
• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
• Charters of the Virginia Company of London
• Magna Carta

This early document served as a model for the Bill of Rights.

• Virginia Declaration of Rights
• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
• Articles of Confederation
• Declaration of Indepedence

This early document gave colonists unalienable rights.

• Magna Carta
• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
• Articles of Confederation
• Declaration of Indepedence

This early document established the first form of government for America and created a system of power with a weak national government with the states having the power.

• Charters of the VA Company of London
• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
• Articles of Confederation
• Declaration of Indepedence