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Founding Documents Review
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Charters of the VA Company of London | guaranteed the rights of Englishmen to the colonists |
| Declaration of Independence | stated grievances against king of Great Britain |
| Declaration of Independence | declared colonies' independence from Great Britain |
| Declaration of Independence | affirmed certain unalienable rights (life, liberty, pursuit of happiness) |
| Declaration of Independence | affirmed the idea that all people are created equal |
| VA Statute for Religious Freedom | stated freedom of religious beliefs and opinions |
| Magna Carta | established for the first time the principle that everyone including the king was subject to the law and gave Englishmen basic rights and freedoms |
| VA Declaration of Rights | model for the Bill of Rights to the Constitution of the U.S. |
| Articles of Confederation | established first form of government |
| Articles of Confederation | maintained that major powers resided with individual states |
| Articles of Confederation | created weak central government with no power to tax or enforce laws |
| Articles of Confederation | led to the writing of the U.S. Constitution |
| U.S. Constitution | established structure of the U.S. |
| U.S. Constitution | guaranteed quality under the law with majority rule and the rights of the minority protected |
| U.S. Constitution | affirmed individual worth and dignity of all people |
| U.S. Constitution | protected the fundamental freedoms or religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition |
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