Early Documents 1

In what document did the states announcement their separation from England?

• Charter of Virginia Company of London

• Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom

• Declaration of Independence

Which document established the principles of rule of law and limited government?

• Declaration of Independence

• Magna Carta

• Articles of Confederation

"...life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness..." are best described as what kind of rights?

• First amendment rights

• Religious Rights

• Unalienable Rights

Which early document established the idea of religious freedoms and separation of church and state?

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom

• Charter of the Virginia Company of London

In which document did King James guarantee equal rights to Virginia colonists?

• Charter of the Virginia Company

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Magna Carta

Which document served as a model for the US Bill of Rights?

• Virginia Statute of Religous Freedom

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Charter of Virginia Company of London

What document sets up our current plan of government?

• Declaration of Independence

• Magna Carta

• US Constitution

What document set up the first national government for the newly independent states that gave most governmental powers to the states?

• Articles of Confederation

• Declaration of Independence

• Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom

Which document written by Thomas Jefferson stated that people are free, equal, and entitled to certain rights that cannot be taken away?

• Declaration of Independence

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Charter of the Virginia Company of London

In which document did King James allow for the creation of new colony, and promise equal rights to those to lived and were born there?

• Magna Carta

• Charter of the Virginia Company of London

• Virginia Declaration of Rights