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