1) This document was signed on a ship by some of the earliest English colonists in America a) English Bill of Rights b) Common Sense c) Mayflower Compact d) Magna Carta 2) This was a law that addressed many concerns and was passed by the English Parliament in 1689. a) English Bill of Rights b) Common Sense c) Mayflower Compact d) Magna Carta 3) This pamphlet was written by a colonist in 1776 and helped lead to the American Revolution. a) English Bill of Rights b) Common Sense c) Mayflower Compact d) Magna Carta 4) This document was the earliest document that established principles of democracy in law and was signed by the king of England and some nobles. a) English Bill of Rights b) Common Sense c) Mayflower Compact d) Magna Carta 5) It described the need for the American colonists to elect leaders to rule themselves and not to be ruled by a country that was thousands of miles away.  a) English Bill of Rights b) Common Sense c) Mayflower Compact d) Magna Carta 6) It limited the power of the king and said that the king had to obey laws like everyone else; said that accused people have the right to be treated fairly and that the law must be followed when someone is accused of a crime a) English Bill of Rights b) Common Sense c) Mayflower Compact d) Magna Carta 7) It said that the colonists would agree to live together according to a set of rules that they made up and that they would elect leaders to represent them when making these rules a) English Bill of Rights b) Common Sense c) Mayflower Compact d) Magna Carta 8) It granted many things to the people such as the right to own property, said that punishments for crimes should not be excessive, and said that the king could not raise taxes without Parliament's consent. a) English Bill of Rights b) Common Sense c) Mayflower Compact d) Magna Carta 9) right to life, liberty, property; no taxation without representation; right to a speedy and fair jury trial; no excessive punishments; habeus corpus a) English Bill of Rights b) Common Sense c) Mayflower Compact d) Magna Carta 10) representative self-government a) English Bill of Rights b) Common Sense c) Mayflower Compact d) Magna Carta 11) consent of the governed; self-government a) English Bill of Rights b) Common Sense c) Mayflower Compact d) Magna Carta 12) due process of law, limitation of government power, right to justice, right to a fair trial a) English Bill of Rights b) Common Sense c) Mayflower Compact d) Magna Carta

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