influential people and documents quotes

“No freeman shall be taken or imprisoned or disseised or outlawed or exiled or any way destroyed, nor will we go upon him nor send upon him, except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land.” Magna Carta 1215

• Trial by jury

• Freedom of Religion

• No taxation without representation

• Social Contract

In the Judeo-Christian beliefs, ________ is an important piece of their belief system.

• Justice

• Tyranny

• Oppression

• Social Contract

How does rule of law affect U.S. government officials and institutions?

• A. It holds government officials and institutions accountable to the law.
• B. It requires government officials and institutions to create new laws.
• C. It prevents government officials and institutions from making their work public.
• D. It ensures government officials and institutions are exempt from laws.

Which statement best explains the significance of the Mayflower Compact?

• It limited the power of future governments
• It weakened the influence of religion in government
• It established a form of self-government based on a social contract
• It guaranteed liberties for colonists through local government

The Greeks and Roman Republic both advocated for ?

• Citizen Participation

• Separation of powers

• Social Contract

• Due process

A polis in Greece would be an example of what today?

• City or State

• Country

• Empire

• Continent

The English Bill of Rights enumerated the following rights:

*right to bear arms

*right to petition the king

Which document was influenced by these ideas?

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Bill of Rights

• Mayflower Compact

• Declaration of Rights and Sentiments

The image concerns government.

Which Enlightenment ideas is represented by the image?

• separation of powers

• checks and balances

• social contract

• natural law

No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any way, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land." 

What does this quote mean and come from?

• Due process and Magna Carta

• Natural rights and John Locke

• Separation of powers and Montesquieu

• Common Sense by Thomas Paine

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

Is from which part of the DOI?

• Preamble

• Natural rights

• Grievances

• Redress/Resolution