USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Virginia’s Declaration of Rights was drawn upon by Thomas Jefferson for the opening paragraphs of the Declaration of Independence. It was widely copied by the other colonies and became the basis of the Bill of Rights.

Detailed explanation-2: -State constitution-writers borrowed language from the Virginia Declaration when framing their own state constitutions. And a little over a decade later, James Madison kept the Virginia Declaration by his side when crafting a Bill of Rights for the U.S. Constitution.

Detailed explanation-3: -Virginia’s Declaration of Rights was the first state declaration establishing the fundamental human liberties that government was created to protect, and it had a profound impact on America’s founding documents.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Declaration of Right, or Declaration of Rights, is a document produced by the English Parliament, following the 1688 Glorious Revolution. It sets out the wrongs committed by the exiled James II, the rights of English citizens, and the obligation of their monarch.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Virginia Declaration of Rights was unanimously adopted by the Virginia Convention of Delegates on June 12, 1776.