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