Founding Documents

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What is significant about the Virginia Declaration of Rights?

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Served as a model for the Bill of Rights

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From which document would the following most likely have come? “no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship”
Options: a. Declaration of Independence
b. Charter of the Virginia Company of London
c. Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
d. Pennsylvania Bill of Rights

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Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

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The following quote is a list of grievances about the King of England. Which document is the quote from? “He has refused his Assent to Laws necessary for the public good...He has refused to pass Laws for large districts of people...

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Declaration of Independence

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Affirmed “certain unalienable rights” (life, liberty, pursuit of happiness)

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Declaration of Independence

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Served as a model for the Bill of Rights: Declaration of Independence, VA Statute for Religious Freedom, Charter for the Virginia Company of London, VA Declaration of Rights

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VA Declaration of Rights

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Declared the colonies’ independence from Great Britain

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Declaration of Independence

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Freedom of religious beliefs and opinions

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VA Statute for Religious Freedom

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Stated grievances against the king of Great Britain

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Declaration of Independence

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What is significant about the Charters of the Virginia Company of London?

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Guaranteed the same rights as Englishmen for the colonists going to Virginia

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A ______________________ is the opening section or introductory statement.

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