FCLE Founding Documents Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Magna Carta (1215) -
correct answer ✅First document to limit the powers of the king -
signed in 1215.
Citizens could not be deprived of life, liberty or property without a
lawful judgment of their peers or by law of the land.
Represented by the fifth amendment.
English Bill of Rights (1689) -
correct answer ✅protected the rights of English citizens and
became the basis for the U.S. Bill of Rights.
Mayflower Compact -
correct answer ✅1620 - The first agreement for self-government in
America. It was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower and set up
a government for the Plymouth colony. Equal treatment under the
law.
commen sense by thomas paine -
correct answer ✅It advocates for American independence.
John Locke, Second Treatise of Government -
correct answer ✅Humans have the right to life, liberty and
, FCLE Founding Documents Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
property and government was to protect those rights. Rejected
"Divine Right" and believed in a social contract
*Virginia*: Rights -
correct answer ✅Listed in beginning: 16 sections, basis for US Bill
of Rights
Declration of Independence -
correct answer ✅the document written to declare the colonies
free from British rule. Has 3 Parts: The preamble, 27 paragraphs
complaining about the king and the evidence, and the resolution of
independence.
Treaty of Paris 1783 -
correct answer ✅This treaty ended the Revolutionary War,
recognized the independence of the American colonies, and
granted the colonies the territory from the southern border of
Canada to the northern border of Florida, and from the Atlantic
coast to the Mississippi River.
North West Ordinance -
correct answer ✅a law passed by Congress in 1787 specified how
western lands would be governed. Modern Day Ohio, Michigan,
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
Magna Carta (1215) -
correct answer ✅First document to limit the powers of the king -
signed in 1215.
Citizens could not be deprived of life, liberty or property without a
lawful judgment of their peers or by law of the land.
Represented by the fifth amendment.
English Bill of Rights (1689) -
correct answer ✅protected the rights of English citizens and
became the basis for the U.S. Bill of Rights.
Mayflower Compact -
correct answer ✅1620 - The first agreement for self-government in
America. It was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower and set up
a government for the Plymouth colony. Equal treatment under the
law.
commen sense by thomas paine -
correct answer ✅It advocates for American independence.
John Locke, Second Treatise of Government -
correct answer ✅Humans have the right to life, liberty and
, FCLE Founding Documents Exam
Questions & Answers (Grade A+)
property and government was to protect those rights. Rejected
"Divine Right" and believed in a social contract
*Virginia*: Rights -
correct answer ✅Listed in beginning: 16 sections, basis for US Bill
of Rights
Declration of Independence -
correct answer ✅the document written to declare the colonies
free from British rule. Has 3 Parts: The preamble, 27 paragraphs
complaining about the king and the evidence, and the resolution of
independence.
Treaty of Paris 1783 -
correct answer ✅This treaty ended the Revolutionary War,
recognized the independence of the American colonies, and
granted the colonies the territory from the southern border of
Canada to the northern border of Florida, and from the Atlantic
coast to the Mississippi River.
North West Ordinance -
correct answer ✅a law passed by Congress in 1787 specified how
western lands would be governed. Modern Day Ohio, Michigan,
