Chapter 1-Foundations for a New Government-Textbook pgs. 9-22

The Founders came to believe that safe guarding religious freedom should be a ______________ ________________ in the new nation.

(a)  

In the (a)   , thinkers stressed reason over superstition and blind faith.

The first document to establish self-government in the colonies was the ________________ ______________.

(a)  

A city state in ancient Greece is called a (a)   .

The political system in which elected leaders represent the interests of people is known as

(a)   government.

John Locke argued that people have rights that are universal and cannot be taken away. These rights are called (a)   rights.

In a (a)   , citizens elect representatives to rule on their behalf.

The branch of government that interprets law is the (a)   Branch.

In 1620, the first document to establish self-government in the colonies was intended to establish a democratic form of (a)   .

The 1215 English document that limited the king's power was called the ______________ ______________.

(a)