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Founding Documents
8th grade Founding Documents
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the Magna Carta and why is it important? | It demonstrated that the people can limit the King's power by a written grant. |
| What is the English Bill of Rights? | It's an act of the Parliament of England. To give rights to the citizens of England. |
| What was the Great Awakening? | It was an American religious movement in the mid 1730's Everyone is equal in God's eyes |
| Mayflower Compact | document signed by pilgrims in 1620 that promised to agree on laws and work together to make Plymouth succeed *** 1st self-government*** |
| Representative Government | system of government in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them |
| House of Burgesses | first representative assembly in the new world |
| Fundamental Orders Of Connecticut | first written constitution in the Americas |
| List the three inalienable rights mentioned in the Declaration of Independence? | Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness |
| An English philosopher who came up with the idea of "Life, liberty and property"; influenced Jefferson in the writing of the Declaration of Independence | John Locke |
| Articles of Confederation | First plan of gov. failed because the gov. proved to be to weak. Gave most of the power to the states. |
| "We the people of the United States" | US Constitution - supreme law of the land and framework of the United State government |
| Bill of Rights | 10 Amendments - Individual Rights |
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