Matching Pairs Documents MatchingOnline version Founding Documents matching exercise by Michael Loret 1 Articles of Confederation 2 Charters of the Virginia Company 3 Magna Carta 4 Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom 5 Virginia Declaration of Rights Created the first national government for the American colonies/states. Written in 1215, asserted that the king (government) would not violate the rights of his subjects. 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.