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Founding Documents of the United States Constitution - Coggle Diagram
Founding Documents of the United States Constitution
Date written: 1215
Authors: English Nobles and Englishmen
Principle in Document: Rule of Law
Main Ideas: Gave Englishmen basic rights and freedoms & everyone was subject to the law
Magna Carta
Date Written: 1606
Author: King James I
Principle in the document: Republic
Main Ideas: Guaranteed the rights of Englishmen to the colonists & gave permission to start Jamestown
Charters of the Virginia Company of London
Date Written: June 12, 1776
Author: George Mason
Principle in Document: Democracy
Main Ideas: Freedom of Press & Freedom of Religion
Virginia Declaration of Rights
Date Written: 1776
Author: Thomas Jefferson
Main Ideas: Declared the colonies independence from Great Britain, Stated complaints against the King, supported the idea that all people are created equal, and life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Declaration of Independence
Date Written: 1779
Author: Thomas Jefferson
Principle in Document: Federalism
Main Ideas: People could worship as they pleased and pay as they pleased & the church and state were separate
Virginia Statue of Religious Freedom
Date Written: 1777
Principles in Document: Federalism
Author: Benjamin Franklin
Main Ideas: States got more power and the national government got less & there was only a legislative branch
Articles of confederation
Date Written: 1787
Author: James Madison
Principles: All of them
Main Ideas: Structure of government, equality under the law, & protects fundamental freedoms
Constitution/ Bill of Rights