What document from 1215 stated no one was above the law?
Magna Carta
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English Pilgrims traveling to Massachusetts to settle wrote this in 1620.
Mayflower Compact
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The will of the majority in America as expressed through elections is fundamental to the American system.
Majority Rules
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Which enlightenment thinker believed that a strong government is needed to keep order.
Hobbes
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Why did the Pilgrims write the Mayflower Compact?
to establish an orderly community
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Montesquieu wrote this in 1748 to advocate for representative government
The spirit of Laws
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This state drafted the first constitution in the American colonies.
Connecticut
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What fundamental part of democracy says: All persons in America are born free, equal, and independent.
Individual Freedom
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What is citizenship?
A person receives American citizenship by virtue of being born in the United States. Citizenship also goes to those born to at least one United States citizen.
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Written by Thomas Jefferson to formally proclaim America's freedom from Great Britain.
Declaration of Independence
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All persons not meeting the principles of citizenship may become a United States citizen through the naturalization process.
Pathways to Citizenship for Non Citizens
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The Petition of Rights in 1628 advocated for...
No quartering, fair trial, no taxation without representation, and no martial law
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What was the first established government in the Colonies?
