Florida Civic Literacy Exam - Study Guide IRSC | 150 Questions with 100% Correct Answers | Verified | Latest Update 2024

What historic document (17th century) created a "civil body politic"? - Mayflower Compact What was the Magna Carta? - document that started to limit the power of the king, establish habeas corpus and limit taxation What document did American colonists, protesting the Stamp Act in 1766, claim gave them rights such as "no taxation without representation"? - British Constitution Americans, especially by the 19th and 20th centuries, claimed what about the Magna Carta? - the people's reassertion of rights against an oppressive ruler What was Thomas Paine's Common Sense? - a 47-page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775- 1776 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies What was the influence of Common Sense? - inspired American colonists to declare independence from England. What is the Declaration of Independence? - It is a document that declared independence from Britain and the formation of a new country, the USA