Virginia Declaration of Rights Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom This document is the plan for our national government This document stated that people had the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness This document stated that all people in Virginia would have the right to worship as they pleased This document stated that Virginians should have freedom of the press and freedom of religion This document includes the Bill of Rights This document was written by Thomas Jefferson and sent to King George III The Bill of Rights was based on this document This document was the basis for the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution This document stated Thomas Jefferson that the right to govern wrote this document in belonged to the 1786 people, not to a king. Declaration of U.S. Independence Constitution George Mason wrote this document This document starts with the preamble which says “We the people, of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union…”