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Charters of the Virginia Company of London
documentWritten bt King James I
Guranteed English rights to the colonists
Authorized the establishment of the colonies -
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Declaration of Independence
full DOIAffirmed certain unalienable rights:
Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Written mostly by Thomas Jefferson -
Virginia Statute for Religous Freedom
DocumentBasis for the first amendment to the US Constitution which gurantees religous freedom.
Written by Thomas Jefferson -
Articles of the Confederation
document
The first form of national government.
It created a weak central government.
Written by Second Continental Congress
Written by the 2nd Continental Congeress -
Constitution
[Document](http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html)Establishes the structure of the US government Equality under the law with majority rule and the rights of the minority protected
Written by the Constitutional Convention
