Founding Documents

This document from 1786 gave the residents of Virginia the freedom of religion long before the Bill of Rights offered it.

• Magna Carta

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

This old document from 1215 established for the first time that everyone, including the king, was subject to the law.

• The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

• The Bill of Rights

• The Magna Carta

• The Constitution of the United States

This document is famous because it was the first real form of national government, but it had some frailites, such as a weak central government with no power to tax or enforce laws.

• The Magna Carta

• The Virginia Declaration of Rights

• The Articles of Confederation

• The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

Who was the king in 1215 who was despicable and pulled the beards of the Irish chiefs? OUCH!

• King Richard III

• King John

• King Leopold

• Lion King

Who was the primary writer of the Declaration of Independence?

• James Mason

• John Adams

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

This document speaks specifically about "life. liberty, and the pursuit of happiness."

• The Magna Carta

• The Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom

• The Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

I gave the colonists the same, or equal rights, to Englishmen.

• The Constitution

• The Lebanon News

• The Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• The Magna Carta

What is a grievance?

• A dish served with sadness

• A complaint

• A funeral

• Joy over someone's misfortune

I am the man responsible for writing the Virginia Declaration of Rights

• George Mason

• Thomas Jefferson

• Curious George

• Thomas the Train

I am the document that protects your freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition.

• The Constitution

• The Magna Carta

• The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

• Your Civics notebook