Quiz Me! - Documents/Cases: Foundation of a Nation

Test your knowledge about documents and Supreme Court cases in the Foundation of a Nation era!

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What is the main philosophy found in Leviathan?

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Who wrote the Second Treatise of Civil Government in 1690?

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Who wrote the Virginia Declaration of Rights?

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Which of the following did the framers of the U.S. Bill of Rights take almost verbatim from the English Bill of Rights of 1689?

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What are the key ideas in the Second Treatise of Civil Government of 1690 that influenced the American founding documents?

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Why did the people of England create the English Petition of Right in 1628?

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What is the most significant portion of the Northwest Ordinance?

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What does it mean to “establish laws for the general good of the colony”?

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What did the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 accomplish?

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To become a lawyer in the American colonies, most read which of the following?

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