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"Founding Documents of the United States Constitution"
Charters of the Virginia Company of London.
issued by King James I in 1606
Fundemental principles include: Represenitive govrnment
Colinists were allowed to elect represenitives to work for the royal govenor
Colinists participating in their own government
Virginia Declaration of Rights
authored by George mason in 1776
Fundemental principles include: democracy
stated that people had inherent, natural rights that were not given to them by governments
They enjoy life liberty and the pursuit of happiness
Decleration of idependence
authored by thomas jefferson in 1776
Fudemental prinicpals include: democracy, rule of law and consent of governed
1.withdraw the colonies 2.expressed the ideals of the new nation that would be echoed in our Constitution
Virginia Statute for religous freedom
authored by thomas jefferson in 1778
fudemental principles include: limited government
gave Virginians the freedom to have their own religious beliefs and opinions
guaranteed that citizens of Virginia could worship as they pleased and could not be punished or have their rights taken away because of their religious beliefs
Articles of confederation
authored by John Dickinson in 1781
Fundemental principles include: limited government
1.established the first form of national government for the new states, the document created a weak central government and maintained that major powers be given to the individual states 2.led directly to the writing of the US Constitution as the Founding Fathers wanted to fix their previous mistakes.