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Ratification and the Bill of Rights — Unit test

Question 19 • *FL-2100310-United States History Semester 1

In addition to influencing the Declaration of Independence, the Virginia Declaration of Rights served as a model for

Answer
A
the American Bill of Rights.
B
Common Sense.
C
the English Bill of Rights.
D
the Iroquois Constitution.

Explanation

The Virginia Declaration of Rights, written in 1776, set out individual liberties and limits on government. Its ideas influenced the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution, known as the American Bill of Rights. Common Sense was a pamphlet by Thomas Paine, while the English Bill of Rights and Iroquois Constitution predated the Virginia document.

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