Matching Pairs Documents MatchingOnline version Founding Documents matching exercise by Michael Loret 1 Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom 2 Charters of the Virginia Company 3 Virginia Declaration of Rights 4 Magna Carta 5 Articles of Confederation Created the first national government for the American colonies/states. Issued by British King James I to the Virginia Company of London; stated that the rights of Englishmen travel to the colonies in the New World List of the rights that the government would not violate Authored by Thomas Jefferson and stated that Virginia's would be free to worship how they pleased. Written in 1215, asserted that the king (government) would not violate the rights of his subjects.