FL.SS.7.C.1.2 Historical Documents

Which provision in the United States Constitution was originally found in the English Bill of Rights?

• right to vote regardless of race or gender
• separation of powers into three branches
• power of judicial review for the Supreme Court
• freedom from cruel and unusual punishment

One of the most important parts of the Magna Carta influenced the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. This was the right to

• government without a king.
• democratic elections.
• a fair and speedy trial.
• separate from one's country.

Why was the Mayflower Compact an important document for the Plymouth Colony?

• The compact gave freedom to all African American colonists.
• It established rules that all of the Pilgrims had to follow.
• It told the colonists who could own certain land plots.
• The compact was written by the king of England.

I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. —Evelyn Beatrice Hall

Which democratic ideal is illustrated in the quotation above?

• freedom to own property
• freedom to assemble
• freedom of speech
• freedom of religion

Which document was a forerunner to the U.S. Constitution?

• The Northwest Ordinance
• The Louisiana Purchase
• The Bill of Rights
• The Mayflower Compact

The basic principles in the English Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence have roots in which of the following documents?

• Claim of Right
• Magna Carta
• U.S. Constitution
• European Convention on Human Rights

The Magna Carta required the king (as executive) to be bound by law. Which of these statements best reflects how this idea applies to the U.S. Bill of Rights?

• The government is not above the law and the will of the people.
• People are better off without a government, but it is necessary for society.
• The Congress has greater authority than the President.
• In case of a conflict, the States overrule the federal government.

The Mayflower Compact, drawn up by the Pilgrims in 1620, establishes a form of government based on

• democratic ideas that were first found in the U.S. Constitution.
• electing a new king to preside over the colonies.
• a shared system of rule between the colonists and the King of England.
• the will of the colonists rather than on that of the King of England.

Plymouth Colony was originally founded by a group of people called Pilgrims. Since Plymouth did not have an official charter from England, its government was based on which document?

• Mayflower Compact
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
• Articles of Confederation
• U.S. Constitution

But there is another and greater distinction for which no truly natural or religious reason can be assigned, and that is, the distinction of men into KINGS and SUBJECTS. Male and female are the distinctions of nature, good and bad the distinctions of heaven; but how a race of men came into the world so exalted above the rest, and distinguished like some new species, is worth inquiring into, and whether they are the means of happiness or of misery to mankind.
—Thomas Paine, Common Sense
In this passage, what is Thomas Paine speaking out against?

• monarchy
• warfare
• religion
• slavery