Enter Category NameEarly Documents
This document limited the power of King John in 1215
What is the Magna Carta?
This thinker believed in natural rights
Who is John Locke?
This group came to America for religious freedom in 1620
Who are the Pilgrims?
Colonists protested this idea
What is taxation without representation?
This document was adopted in 1776
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This document gave Parliament more power in 1689
What is the English Bill of Rights?
These are the three natural rights
What are life, liberty, and property?
This early assembly was in Virginia
What is the House of Burgesses?
This act taxed printed materials
What is the Stamp Act?
This man was the main author
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This agreement created self-government in 1620
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This thinker proposed separation of powers
Who is Montesquieu?
This type of government allows citizens to elect leaders
What is representative government?
This event involved dumping tea into Boston Harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This phrase means rights cannot be taken away
What are unalienable rights?
This principle means government must follow the law
What is limited government (or rule of law)?
This idea divides government into three branches
What is separation of powers?
Colonists believed they had the same rights as these people
Who are English citizens?
This event increased tension after British soldiers fired on colonists
→ What is the Boston Massacre?
This principle says all people are equal
What is equality?
This idea says government gets power from the people
What is consent of the governed?
This idea says people can replace bad governments
What is the social contract?
This helped prepare colonists for independence
What is self-government?
This war led Britain to tax the colonies
What is the French and Indian War?
This right allows people to change government
What is the right to revolution?