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Charters of the Virginia Company of London
Author: King of England-King James I
Guaranteed the colonishts the same rights as Englishmen -
Period: to
Founding Documents
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VA Declaration of Rights
Author: George Mason
Model of the Bill of Rights -
Declaration of Independence
Author: Thomas Jefferson (primary)
Declared colonists independence -
Articles of Confederation
Author: Contential Congress
Created a weak central government and led to the writing of the US Constitution -
Virginia Statute for religious Freedom
Author: Thomas Jefferson
