Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights, and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

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Magna Carta, English Bill of Rights, and the
Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom

• How did these documents influence ideas the
  United States government system?

By Skylar Johnson and Phoebe Malone
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Definitions

• Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights
• Were both English charters that took away,
• or limited some of the
• monarchs power in England.
• Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom
• Created a separation of church and state

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Magna Carta and English Bill of Rights

• The Magna Carta set the rights of the crown
• The English Bill of Rights sets the rights of
  the people
• Our forefathers looked up to because of its
  justness

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Magna Carta Movie

• What to notice
• Whose rein were they under when the Magna
  Carta was signed?
• Did he volunteer to sign it?
• Where did the signing take place?

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Virginia Statute For Religious Freedom

• Statement about freedom conscience
• Principle of separation of church and state
• Written by Thomas Jefferson

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Virginia Statute For Religious Freedom Website
Tour
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• Accurate
• Easy to comprehend
• To the point

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Study Guide
1. The Magna Carta was the cause of the
parliament T_F 2. The Virginia Statute for
Religious Freedom was written by whom? A.
Benjamin Franklin B. George Washington C. Thomas
Jefferson D. John Adams 3. The king who signed
off the Magna Carta was King _____
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Study Guide
4. Magna Carta Creates a
separation of church
and state Virginia Statute
Forces kings to obey For Religious Freedom
the laws English Bill
of Rights Gives citizens certain rights
5.Why did our founding fathers care about these
documents?
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Citation
http//www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documen
ts/magna_carta/ http//www.vahistorical.org/sva20
03/vsrf.htm http//abundancesecrets.com/motivatio
nal-posters/index.php?item3591158 http//www.dai
lymail.co.uk/news/article-484171/Magna-Carta-2007-
-updated-version-protect-overweening-State.html h
ttp//www.middle-ages.org.uk/king-john.htm https
//americanmajority.org/feature-content/american-re
ligious-freedom-part/
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