Unit 2 Historical Documents

Document that guaranteed the rights of Englishmen to all colonists. 

• Constitution
• Mayflower Compact
• Declaration of Independence
• Virginia Company of London Charter

Document that served as a model for the Bill of Rights in the U.S. Constitution

• Articles of Confederation
• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
• Virginia Declaration of Rights
• Magna Carta

Stated the grievances against the King, declared the colonies independence from Great Britain. 

• U.S. Constitution
• Declaration of Independence
• Magna Carta
• Article of Confederation

Affirmed certain unalienable rights (life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness), established the idea that all people are equal under the law

• Bill of Rights
• U.S. Constitution
• Declaration of Independence
• Virginia Company of London Charter

Established the first form of national government for the independent states

• U.S. Constitution
• Magna Carter
• Mayflower Compact
• Articles of Confederation

Created a weak central government where states were sovereign and the national government had no power to tax or enforce the laws

• Bill of Rights
• Mayflower Compact
• Articles of Confederation
• Virginia Declaration of Rights

Weaknesses in this document led to the writing of the U.S. Constitution

• Bill of Rights
• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
• Declaration of Independence
• Articles of Confederation

Document that stated freedom of religious beliefs and established separation of church and state. 

• Bill of Rights
• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
• Virginia Declaration of Rights 
• Magna Carta

Established the structure of the United States government, protected the fundamental freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition. 

• Declaration of Independence
• U.S. Constitution
• Virginia Company of London Charter
• Articles of Confederation

The Articles of confederation create a government that was too...

• Strong

• Weak

• Unfair

• Strict