All men are born equally free and independent, and have certain inherit natural rights... among which are enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property, and pursuing and obtaining happiness and safety...
George Mason was the key architect and he wrote it in 1776. Jefferson used the Virginia Declaration of Rights as the basis for the Declaration of Independence, as well as the quote above
ACTUALLY, it was George Mason. NOT James Madison, like the previous person wrote.
Virginia Declaration of Rights Library. A call for American independence from Britain, the Virginia Declaration of Rights was drafted by George Mason in May 1776 and amended by Thomas Ludwell Lee and the Virginia Convention. Thomas Jefferson drew heavily from it when he drafted the Declaration of Independence one month later. This uniquely influential document was also used by James Madison in drawing up the Bill of Rights (1789) and by the Marquis de Lafayette in drafting the French Declaration of the Rights of Man (1789).
The Virginia Declaration of Rights is a document drafted in 1776 to proclaim the inherent rights of men, including the right to rebel against "inadequate" government. It was written by George Mason.
Because there was this guy who wanted rights for Virginia so he created this thing called the Virginia Declaration of rights
George Mason wrote the Virginia Bill of Rights in 1776
Virginia Declaration of Rights was created in 1776-05.
George Mason
The Virginia Declaration of Rights was a model for the Bill of Rights.
they are both important documents
On June 12th, 1776, the Virginia Declaration of Rights was written by George Mason.
The English Bill of Rights and the Virginia Declaration of Rights
yes it did Well also the declaration of independence has the three rights 1)Life 2)Liberty 3)Pursuit of happiness Bill of rights it is the first amendment of the Virginia Declaration of rights
The Virginia Declaration of Rights
The Virginia Declaration of Rights was a model for the Bill of Rights.
There is a difference
The Virginia Declaration of Rights
James Madison is the author of the Virginia Declaration of Rights
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The Virginia Declaration of Rights
The Virginia Declaration of rights written by George Mason
they are both important documents
On June 12th, 1776, the Virginia Declaration of Rights was written by George Mason.
Virginia's Declaration of Rights was the example used to draft the United States first Bill of Rights. George Mason drafted this early Virginia document.
Universal Declaration of Human Rights was created in 1948.