Early Documents 2

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

Which document created a weak national government for the newly independent states?

• Declaration of Independence

• Magna Carta

• Articles of Confederation

Which document written by George Mason guaranteed rights to the people of Virginia?

• Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• US Constitution