Wyatt CE 2b Review I

Served as a model for the Bill of Rights of the Constitution of the United States of America.

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

– established the first form of national government for the independent states

– maintained that major powers resided with individual states

– created weak central government (e.g., no power to tax or enforce laws); led to the writing of the Constitution of the United States of America.

• Virginia Company of London

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

• Declaration of Independence

• Articles of Confederation

• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

Which are unalienable rights?

• life

• liberty

• taxes

• pursuit of happiness

• voting

Established the structure of the United States government

• Declaration of Independence

• Constitution

• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

• Virginia Declaration of Rights

What document gave the colonist in Jamestown the same rights as if living in England?

• Articles of Confederation
• Virginia Declaration of Rights
• Declaration of Independence
• Charters of the Virginia Company of London

What document is being described? 
- first national government for the United States
-national/central government weak 
-states are strong

• Declaration of Independence
• Articles of Confederation 
• Virginia Declaration of Rights
• Democracy 

This document guarantees equality under the law, establishes the structure of our government, and affirms individual worth and dignity of all people.

• Declaration of Independence
• US Constitution
• Charters of the VA Company of London

This document provides the unalienable rights, declares the colonies independence from Great Britain, and lists grievances against the king.

• Declaration of Independence
• VA Declaration of Rights
• Bill of Rights

The first ten amendments to the US Constitution are known as the...

• Amendments
• Declaration of Rights
• Bill of Rights

This document led to the writing of the US Constitution, had a weak central government, and made the states independent.

• Declaration of Independence
• Articles of Confederation
• Magna Carta