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Match each fundamental political principle with an example from the following historical
documents. Hint: There is one extra historical document that has no match.
____ 1. consent of the governed
____ 4. representative government
D
A
____ 2. democracy
____ 5. limited government
Sample
____ 3. rule of law
B
C
The history of
The powers not
the present King
...Governments are
delegated to the
of Great Britain
instituted among
United States by
is a history of
Men, deriving their
the Constitution,
repeated injuries
just powers from
nor prohibited by
and usurpations,
the consent of the
it to the states,
all having in
governed...
are reserved to the
direct object the
states respectively,
- Declaration of
establishment of an
or to the people.
Independence,
absolute Tyranny
1776.
- Tenth
over these States.
Amendment to
- Declaration of
the United States
Independence,
Constitution,
1776.
1789.
I do order and
declare that all
persons held as
slaves within
F
...The number of
said designated
representatives
States and
E
...this nation, under
shall not exceed
parts of
God, shall have a new
one for every
States are, and
birth of freedom -
thirty thousand,
henceforward
and that government
but each state shall
shall be, free...
of the people, by
have at least one
the people, for the
- Emancipation
representative...
people, shall not
Proclamation,
perish from the
- Section 2 (3) of
1863.
earth.
the United States
Constitution,
- Gettysburg
1789.
Address, 1863.
Sample
shall be, free..Ṡample
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