CE.2b Documents & Preamble

Guaranteed the rights of Englishmen to the colonists.

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

Served as a model for the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of the United States of America.

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

– stated grievances against the king of Great Britain

– declared the colonies’ independence from Great Britain

– affirmed “certain unalienable rights” (life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness)

-affirmed the idea that all people are created equal

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

– established the first form of national government for the independent states

– maintained that major powers resided with individual states

– created weak central government (e.g., no power to tax or enforce laws)

-led to the writing of the Constitution of the United States of America.

• Virginia Company of London

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

Stated freedom of religious beliefs and opinions.

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Virginia Statute for Religious

Articles of Confederation created a weak government by -

• no power to tax or enforce laws

• no power to enforce laws

• no executive branch

• no judicial branch

• no power to draft an army

Which are unalienable rights?

• life

• liberty

• taxes

• pursuit of happiness

• voting

Established the idea that all people are equal under the law

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

• Declaration of Independence

Established the structure of the United States government

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

Constitution of the United States of America, including the Bill of Rights, did all of the following -

• established the structure of the United States government.

• guaranteed equality under the law with majority rule and the rights of the minority protected.

• stated grievances against the king of Great Britain

• affirmed individual worth and dignity of all people.

• protected the fundamental freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition.