| A | B |
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| author of the Charters of the Virginia Company of London | King James I |
| George Mason | author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights |
| author of the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom | Thomas Jefferson |
| Thomas Jefferson and others | Author of the Declaration of Independence |
| The Continental Congress | Authors of the Articles of Confederation |
| Guaranteed rights of Englishmen to Virginia's colonists | The Charters of the Virginia Company of London |
| The Virginia Declaration of Rights | Listed individual rights |
| Declaration of Independence | Said that the colonies were independent from Great Britian |
| Articles of Confederation | gave too much power to states and not enough power to the federal government |
| document | an important paper with significant ideas |
| founders, framers | people who created the U.S. government |
| Constitution | document that includes the Bill of Rights |
| colonists | people who live in a colony |
| 13 | the number of original British colonies or states in America |
| colony | a settlement of people who belong to another nation |
| the important papers that held the ideas for U.S. government | founding documents |
| Great Britian | England, land of the British |
| American Revolution | war between American colonies and Great Britian for independence |
| Constitution | a group of laws that explain how the government works |
| Bill of Rights | 10 freedoms promised in Constitution |
