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“Founding Documents that influenced the Constitution”, Charter of the…
“Founding Documents that influenced the Constitution”
Charter of the Virginia compony of London (1606) :
Granted by King James the first.
Gave colonists the same rights as Englishmen.
Established the colony of Jamestown in Virginia
Representative Government.
Virginia statute for religious freedom (1779)
Written by Thomas Jefferson.
Gave Virginians freedom to have their own religious beliefs.
Served as a model for the first amendment.
Established Religious Freedom.
The Magna Carta (1215)
Written by King John of England.
It limited the power that the king had.
It established the “Rule of law.”
Mayflower Compact (1620)
Written by William Bradford and pilgrims.
Established a government and laws for Plymouth colony.
First democracy created in the colonies.
Virginia Declaration of Rights (1776)
Written by George Mason.
Established a set of “natural rights,” (Rights the government can’t take away) for men in Virginia.
Served as a model for the bill of rights.