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Founding Documents that influenced the Constitution - Coggle Diagram
Founding Documents that influenced the Constitution
Magna Carta (1215)
Who: written by King John of England
What did it do?: limited the power of the King
Impact: established "rule of law"
Charters of the Virginia Company of London (1606)
Impact: gave colonists the same rights as Englishmen / Representative government
What did it do?: established the colony of Jamestown in VA
Who: granted by King James I
Mayflower Compact (1620)
What did it do?: established a government and laws for Plymouth colony
Impact: first democracy created in the colonies
Who: written by William Bradford and Pilgrims
Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776)
What did it do?: established a set of "natural rights" for men in Virginia
Impact: served as a model for the Bill of Rights
Who: written by George Mason
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom (1779)
What did it do?: It gave Virginians freedom to have their own religious beliefs
Impact: served as a model for the 1st amendment / established religious freedom
Who: written by Thomas Jefferson