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Founding Documents of the United States Constitution - Coggle Diagram
Founding Documents of the United States Constitution
Author: King John of England, English nobles
Fundamental Principles: Limited Government, Due Process, Rule of Law
Date Written: June 1215
Main Idea 1: Established so that the King and his government are not allowed to take decisions by themselves, the population/people who live in England must also have power.
Document Name: Magna Carta
Main Idea 2: No person can be detained without proof/evidence, and the person must go through a jury trial before having to be incarcerated.
Author: George Mason
Fundamental Principles: Consent of the Governed
Date Written: June 1776
Main Idea 1: Gave Virginians the right to freedom of religion.
Document Name: VA Declaration of Rights
Main Idea 2: Established that all Virginians have the right to Freedom of Press.
Author: James Madison (inspired by Thomas Jefferson)
Fundamental Principles: Limited government, separation of powers, federalism
Date Written: September 1787 (constitution)
Main Idea 1:It guarantees civil rights and liberties to the individuals, those such as, freedom of speech, press, and religion.
Document Name: Constitution & Bill of Rights
Main Idea 2: The Constitution mainly creates a national government consisting of a legislative, an executive, and a judicial branch, with a system of checks and balances among the three branches.
Fundamental Principles: Federalism, Limited Government
Main Idea 1: To preserve the independence that belonged to the United States.
Author: Benjamin Franklin
Date Written: November 1777
Main Idea 2: Maintained the power that belonged to each individual state.
Document Name: Articles of Confederation
Author: Thomas Jefferson
Fundamental Principles: Consent of the Governed
Date Written: 1786
Main Idea 1: Provide religious freedom to “the Jew, the Gentile, the Christian, the Mahometan, the Hindoo, and [the] infidel of every denomination.
Document Name: VA Declaration of Religious Freedom
Main Idea 2: Mainly gave people the right to choose what religion they wanted to practice, gave people the feeling of freedom to express their religious beliefs.
Date Written: April 1606
Author: King James 1 of England
Document Name: Charter of the VA Co. of London
Fundamental Principles: Separation of Powers
Main Idea 1: Took some power away from the King, and have the people the right for colonization. (Being able to access land, mainly used for business)
Main Idea 2: Allowed people to create a colony in America. (colonization)