The document that created the first central government for the United States

a document that gave people in Virginia freedom of worship and prohibited tax money from being used to fund churches

a charter of liberties agreed to by King John of England, it made the king obey the same laws as citizens

legislation passed by Congress to establish a political structure for the Northwest Territory and create a system for the admission of new states

lands including present-day Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin; organized by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787

an official approval

voting rights

A set of basic rules that explain how the government of a country is going to operate

After separating from the British the colonists used this document to organize their union

This document removes government involvement or funding of religious activity

Under this document the rules that applied to the people were going to apply to the king

Law created in order to provide a process for new states to join the union

Official confirmation that a law is accepted

the ability to vote