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Founding Documents of the United States Constitution - Coggle Diagram
Founding Documents of the United States Constitution
Magna Carta
Made by English nobles and Englishmen
Includes the "Rule of law" principle
Made in 1215
Gave Englishmen basic rights
Gave Englishmen basic freedom
Charters of the Virginia Company of London
Includes the "Due process" principle
Granted permission to the king to start a colony in the new world
Made by king James I
Jamestown was the First colony
Made in 1606
Virginia Declaration of Rights
Gave Virginians the Freedom of Religion and the Freedom of Press
Made by George Mason
The document was the bias for the Bill of Rights
Made June 12,1776
Declaration of Independence
Had complaints against the British
Made by Thomas Jefferson
Stated the colonizers independence from Great Britain
Made July 6,1776
Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom
Separated church and state government
Made by Thomas Jefferson
Was the bias for the first amendment
Made in 1779
The Articles of Confederation
The document created a weak central government
Made in November,1777
The document maintained that the major power was in the states
Includes the "Limited Government" principle
United States Constitution
Established the structure of the United States government
Protected the 5 Freedoms
Made September 17,1787
Bill of Rights
The document had ideas from Virginia Declaration of Rights
The document had ideas from Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
The Document was not its own ideas
Made September 17,1787