Handout E: Compare the Documents

Handout E: Compare the Documents

Directions: After reading the documents, complete the table and answer the questions below.

(Fillable Chart in PDF)

Magna Carta (1215)

• Summarize
• How does this document promote justice?
• How is this document similar to the other documents?
• How is this document different from the other documents?

The Mayflower Compact (1620)

• Summarize
• How does this document promote justice?
• How is this document similar to the other documents?
• How is this document different from the other documents?

The Petition of Right (1628)

• Summarize
• How does this document promote justice?
• How is this document similar to the other documents?
• How is this document different from the other documents?

The English Bill of Rights (1689)

• Summarize
• How does this document promote justice?
• How is this document similar to the other documents?
• How is this document different from the other documents?

What ideas from these documents were used by the Founders in the American Founding Documents like the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the United States Constitution, or the United States Bill of Rights?