Influential Documents

This document stated everyone, including the king, must follow the law.

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Magna Carta

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

This document guaranteed rights of Englishmen to colonists.

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• Declaration of Independence

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedoms

This document stated grievances (complaints) against the king of Great Britain and said people have "certain unalienable rights".

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Bill of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

This document stated people had the right to religious freedoms and beliefs.

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Magna Carta

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedoms

This document was the model for our U,S. Constitution's Bill of Rights.

• Declaration of Independence

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Articles of Confederation

This document was our first form of national government and created a weak national government.

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation