Question

founding documents treasure hunt
directions: locate each of the following quotations from the summaries of the early english laws. indicate in the space provided from which law the quotation comes (use the letters preceding the laws). finally, paraphrase the quotation in today’s language.
a. the magna carta, 1215
b. the mayflower compact, 1620
c. english bill of rights, 1689
d. the united states declaration of independence, 1776
______ 1. “... english church shall be free, and shall have her whole rights and her liberties inviolable;”
______ 2. “we do covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid;”
______ 3. “when in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another....”
______ 4. “... raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of parliament, is against law....”
______ 5. “... suspending of laws or the execution of laws by regal authority without consent of parliament is illegal;”
______ 6. “all merchants shall have safety and security in coming into england, and going out of england, and in staying in and traveling through england....”
______ 7. “... for redress of all grievances and for the amending, strengthening, and preserving of the laws, parliaments ought to be held frequently....”
______ 8. “we hold these truths to be self - evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights....”
______ 9. “he has dissolved representative houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.”
______ 10. in every stage of these oppressions we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms....”
______ 11. “... jurors who pass upon men in trials for high treason ought to be freeholders;”
______ 12. “no freeman shall be seized, imprisoned, dispossessed, outlawed, or exiled, or in any way destroyed....”
______ 13. “to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony....”
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Explanation:

Question 1

The Magna Carta (1215) had provisions about the English Church's rights. The quote about the English Church being free matches Magna Carta.

The Mayflower Compact (1620) was about colonists forming a civil body politic. The quote about covenanting into a civil body politic matches this document.

The United States Declaration of Independence (1776) starts with "When in the Course of human Events...", so this quote matches it.

Answer:

A. The Magna Carta, 1215

Question 2