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Founding Documents of the United States Constitution (Magna Carta (Rule of…
Founding Documents of the United States Constitution
Magna Carta
Rule of Law; Limited Government
First document to limit the king, and it forced him to follow laws
1215 by barons
Articles of Confederation
Consent of Governed; Limited Government; Representative Government
Failed because it had a weak federal government; Used as the first Government
Founding Fathers in 1781
Virginia Statue for Religious Freedom
Limited Government
Basis for 1st amendment; Separated church and state
Thomas Jefferson in 1779
Charters of the Virginia Company of London
Limited Government; Democracy
Allowed the founding of Jamestown; promised same rights as Englishmen to colonists
King James in 1607
Declaration of Independence
Consent of the Governed; Limited Government; Rule of Law
So much for unalienable; lists complaints
Thomas Jefferson, 1776
Virginia Declaration of Rights
Limited Government
Only meant for Virginians; basis for Bill of Rights
1776, George Mason