29 сент. 2016 г. · Virginia's Declaration of Rights was drawn upon by Thomas Jefferson for the opening paragraphs of the Declaration of Independence. It was widely ...

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

The Virginia declaration, largely the work of George Mason, was widely read by political leaders on both sides of the Atlantic. It declared that “all men are by ...

The final version of the Virginia Declaration of Rights was adopted unanimously on June 12, 1776. It consisted of sixteen sections with additional rights ...

[Final Draft, 12 June 1776] A DECLARATION OF RIGHTS made by the Representatives of the good people of VIRGINIA, assembled in full and free Convention; which ...

The Virginia Declaration of Rights, authored principally by George Mason (1725–1792), stands as one of the most elegant positive statements of the political ...

As the first bill of rights appended to a written constitution, the Virginia declaration became a model for similar documents, including other state ...

The Virginia Declaration of Rights was adopted by the House of Burgesses in June, 1776 and anticipated the Declaration of Independence.

The Virginia Convention met in Williamsburg on May 6, 1776, and by May 15th had passed a resolution calling for the Virginia delegates at the Continental ...