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Founding Documents of the United States Constitution - Coggle Diagram
Founding Documents of the United States Constitution
Articles of Confederation
Fundamental Principle:Liminted Government
Written mostly by John Dickson in 1781
Main ideas: "It established the first form of national government in the new states". The government was weak and the main power went to the individual states.
Magna Carta
Fundamental Principle: Rule of law
Written by English nobles in 1215
Main ideas: Everyone has to follow the law even the king. It also gave Englishmen basic rights.
Declaration of independence
Fundamental Principle: Democracy
Written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776
Main ideas: Made complaints about the king and separated the colonies from Great Britain
Charters of the Virginia Company of London
Fundamental Principle: Consent of the governed
Written by King James I in 1606
Main ideas: Guaranteed rights for the Englishmen. It also "outlined the formation of the new colony in North America".
Virginia Declaration of rights
Fundamental Principle: Consent of the governed
Written by George Mason in 1776
Main idea:It was a model for the Bill of rights and was part of a constitution written on behalf of the colonists during the revolutionary war