Question

1. which document signed long before the age of enlightenment represents the first time that citizens used a contract to place limits on the power of a king?

declaration of independence

magna carta

the english bill of rights

the rights of man and citizens

Explanation:

1. The Magna Carta was signed in 1215, long before the Age of Enlightenment (which began in the late 17th century). It was one of the first documents to limit the power of a king via a "contract" - like agreement with nobles, establishing the idea that even a monarch was subject to the law.
2. The Declaration of Independence (1776) and the English Bill of Rights (1689) came during or after the start of the Enlightenment. The Rights of Man and Citizens was a French Revolutionary document (1789) also during the Enlightenment era.

Answer:

B. Magna Carta