Early documents

Established for the first time the principle that everyone including the king was subject to the law (Rule of Law), and gave Englishmen basic rights and freedoms.

• Declaration of Independence

• Magna Carta

• Bill of Rights

• Constitution

The charters of the Virginia Company of London

• served as a model for the Bill of Rights

• stated grievances against the king of Great Britain

• guaranteed the rights of Englishmen to the colonists (Jamestown 1607)

• First constitution of the United States

Declared the colonies’ independence from Great Britain

• Articles of Confederation

• Bill of Rights

• Magna Carta

• The Declaration of Independence

The Articles of Confederation

• Established the first form of national government for the independent states

• First ten amendments of the Constitution

• Guaranteed the rights of Englishmen to the colonists

• Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

Created in 1787 and includes the Bill of Rights

• VA Statute for Religious Freedom

• Declaration of Independence

• The Constitution of the United States

• The Bill of Rights

What is founded on concepts articulated in earlier documents?

• The Congress

• American constitutional government

• Declaration of Independence

• The Bill of Rights

Which document maintained that major powers resided with the individual states giving them all the power in the new American government?

• The US Constitution

• Magna Carta

• Articles of Confederation

• VA Statute for Religious Freedom

What the unalienable rights expressed in the Declaration of Independence?

• Money, Pride and Land

• Country, Power and Pride

• Patriotism, Liberty and Freedom

• Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness

The Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Written by John Adams

• Given to the King of England

• Written by George Mason and a model for the Bill of Rights

• Signed by George Washington

Written in 1777 and stated freedom of religious beliefs and opinions

• VA Statute for Religious Freedom

• Declaration of Independence

• Magna Carta

• Bill of Rights