| A | B |
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| Magna Carta | Everyone, including the King must obey the law |
| VA Statute of Religious Freedom | Gives everyone the freedom of religious beliefs and opinions |
| VA Charters of the VA company of London | Guaranteed that colonists living in the new world would have the same rights as Englishmen |
| VA Declaration of Rights | Served as a model for the Bill of Rights |
| Democracy | A system of government in which the people rule |
| Rule of law | everyone, including government officials, must follow the law |
| limited government | the government is not all powerful. |
| consent of the governed | citizens give authority to the government to rule |
| representative government | citizens elect public office holders to speak for us on our behalf |
| Constitution | Document that establishes the structure of our government |
