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Directions: Cut the descriptions; sort them with the correct document, and
glue!  *Challenge: First do this without using your notebook, then use your
notebook to check your work after you sort.*
This document is the
plan for our national
government
This document stated
that people had the
right to life, liberty,
and the pursuit of
happiness
This document stated
that all people in
Virginia would have the
right to worship as
they pleased
This document stated
that Virginians should
have freedom of the
press and freedom of
religion
This document
includes the Bill of
Rights
This document was
written by Thomas
Jefferson and sent to
King George III
The Bill of Rights was
based on this
document
This document was the
basis for the First
Amendment to the U.S.
Constitution
This document stated
Thomas Jefferson
that the right to govern
wrote this document in
belonged to the
1786
people, not to a king.
George Mason wrote
this document
This document starts
with the preamble
which says “We the
people, of the United
States, in order to form
a more perfect
union…”
Name: _______________________ #____
Virginia
Declaration of
Rights
Virginia
Statute for
Religious
Freedom
Declaration of
U.S.
Independence Constitution
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