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Founding Documents of the United States Constitution - Coggle Diagram
Founding Documents of the United States Constitution
Magna Carta
Written in 1215 by English Nobles
Shows the Rule of Law
The main ideas of the document are everyone is subject to the law, including those who make them and those who rule the country, and it gave free Englishmen basic freedoms and rights for the first time.
Charters of Virginia Company of London
Shows Representative Government
It gave colonist the same rights as Englishmen, and it let the colonist start their own kinda government.
Written by King James the first in 1606
Virginia declaration of rights
Shows Limited Government
Influenced the Bill of Rights in the Constitution, and it said that the people had natural rights not given to them by the Government
Written by George Mason in 1776
Declaration of Independence
Written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776
Gave a bunch of complaints to the king, and stated the colonies independence.
Shows Rule of Law
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedoms
This shows Consent of the governed
It gave people in Virginia the freedom to have their own opinions and religious beliefs, and it made an outline for the first amendment in the US constitution
Written in 1779 by Thomas Jefferson
Articles of Confederation
Made the first form of National Government for the states and it led to the making of the US constitution because the founding fathers wanted to fix their mistakes.
Limited Government
Written in 1781 by John Dickinson