The Constitution of Virginia, adopted June 29, 1776, by the Virginia Convention, establishes the powers of a governor, Council of State, and General Assembly ...

A CONSTITUTION, OR FORM OF GOVERNMENT, agreed to and resolved upon by the Delegates and Representatives of the several Counties and. Corporations of Virginia.

A constitution, or form of government, agreed to and resolved upon by the Delegates and Representatives of the several Counties and Corporations of Virginia.

The Virginia constitution authorized the assembly to establish a judiciary—a state court system—but left the organization of the courts to the legislators.

A Bill for new-modelling the form of Government and for establishing the Fundamental principles thereof in future.

Adopted by the Virginia House of Delegates in June 1776, the Virginia Declaration of Rights was part of the 1776 Virginia Constitution.

Virginia's Declaration was the first and became a model for other states, and for Jefferson's draft of the Declaration of Independence a few weeks later.

The Virginia Declaration of Rights was drafted in 1776 to proclaim the inherent rights of men, including the right to reform or abolish "inadequate" government.

On 10 May 1776, four days before Jefferson arrived in Philadelphia, Congress adopted John Adams' resolution recommending that the colonies assume all the powers ...