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Which enlightenment Jon Locke
thinker argued that all
people were born equal
and had natural rights to
life, liberty, and property?
"No freeman shall be They believed leaders should obey the law and that
taken, imprisoned,.... or in citizens had the right to trial by jury.
any other way destroyed....
except by he lawful
judgement of hi peers or
by the laws of the land."
Which statement best
expresses how Magna
Carta shaped the
colonists' views of
government?
EVENTS LEADING TO 2,3,4,1
AMERICAN
INDEPENDANCE
1. The Declaration of
Independence is issued.
2. British Parliament
passes Tea Act
3. Boston Tea Party staged
to protest British policies.
4. First battles of the
American Revolution are
fought.
, The Declaration of For depriving us in many cases, of the benefits of Trial
Independence lists a by Jury
number of offenses
committed by the British
King against the American
colonists. Which of the
following offenses refers
to a protection first
established by Magna
Carta?
According to the to protect citizens' rights to life, liberty, and the
Declaration of pursuit of happiness
Independence, what is the
main purpose of
government?
Declaration of Articles of Confederation
Independence>?
>Constitution
Which term correctly
completes the diagram?
"We the people of the They wanted to create a lasting government that
United States, in order to future Americans would benefit from.
form a more perfect
union, establish Justice,
insure Domestic
Tranquility, provide for the
common defense,
promote the general
welfare, and secure the
blessings of liberty to
ourselves and our
posterity [future
generation], do ordain and
establish this Constitution
for the United States of
America."
-excerpt from the
preamble of the U.S.
constitution