Documents and Fundamental Principles Flashcard Rev.

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Affirmed the idea that all people are created equal

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Declaration of Independence

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Led to the writing of the U.S. Constitution

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Articles of Confederation

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Affirmed a person's unalienable rights (life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness)

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Declaration of Independence

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Guaranteed the rights of Englishmen to the Jamestown colonists

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Charters of the Virginia Company of London

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Maintained that major power of government resided with individual states

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Articles of Confederation

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Establishes the structure of today's United States government

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U.S. Constitution

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Established the idea of freedom of religious beliefs and opinions

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Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

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Established for the first time the principle that everyone including the king was subject to the law.

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Magna Carta

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Served as a model for today's Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution

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The Virginia Declaration of Rights

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Affirms the individual worth and dignity of all people

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U.S. Constitution