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8th Grade
08/22/2011

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Term
Charter
Definition
A Document (explains goals and purpose)
Term
Virginia Charter Company of London
Definition
- Set up 1st representative government in US colonies
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Guaranteed the rights of Englishman to colonists
Definition
Virginia Charter Company of London
Term
statute
Definition
a law
Term
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
Definition
Freedom of Religion and opinion
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The Virginia Declaration of Rights
Definition
Protecting Individual Rights:
-life
-liberty
-property
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writer of The Virginia Declaration of Rights
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George Mason
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Virginia Declaration of Rights was a model for the _______________
Definition
Bill of Rights
Term
Bill of Rights
Definition
1st Ten Amendments
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Declaration of Independence writer
Definition
Thomas Jefferson
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Grievance
Definition
complaint
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Unalienable
Definition
cannot be taken away
Term
Declaration of Independence - Independence from who?
Definition
Declared independence from Great Britain
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famous phrase from Declaration of Independence
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Life, Liberty and the pursit of happiness
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Declaration of Independence states that all people are __________
Definition
equal
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