1.4 Cool Down: Influential Documents

1. What 4 major principles were established by the Magna Carta? 

• Peace, life, liberty, & property

•  Limited government, individual rights, the rule of law, & shared power

• Popular sovereignty, limited government, checks & balances, & shared power

What specific limitations were established by the Magna Carta to keep the government (monarchs) from becoming too powerful? (select all that apply)

• limited the king's power to tax

• gave landowners rights to equal treatment & trial by jury

• established no one is above the law; not even high ranking officials

• created a Parliament to take over law making responsibilities

What other big ideas can be found in the Magna Carta that we see in the American government today?

(select all that apply)

• due process of the law

• rights of the accused

• consent of the governed

• natural rights

What was the purpose of the Mayflower Compact?

• an agreement to end the rule of monarchs in the American colonies and declare independence

• 1. an agreement to create a government in order to have protection, unity, and order

• an agreement to create a representative democracy that would get its power from consent of the governed

Which part of the U.S. Constitution was inspired by the English Bill of Rights?

• first ten amendments

• the preamble

• articles I - III

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​ (a)   : list of grievances demanding individual rights and limited power for the king

​ (b)   :​ first example of self government in America

​ (c)   : formally established parliament, aimed to protect the rights/freedoms of citizens, & start of constitutional monarchy in England

• Magna Carta
• Mayflower Compact
• English Bill of Rights
• EnglishConstitution

​ (a)   : restricts the power a govt has over its people; usually by a constitution/social contract that also protects the rights of individuals and prevents govt from interfering with them

​ (b)   : divides the functions of government into separate branches - each with its own specific powers

​ (c)   : no person can be above the law regardless of their position in the government

• limited government
• shared power
• rule of law
• individual rights

​ (a)   : divides the functions of government

​ (b)   : idea that human beings possess “…certain and unalienable rights” protected by the government

​ (c)   : no state may deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without a court trial by jury.

• shared power
• individual rights
• due process
• rule of law