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The American Revolution in Western Virginia — Test

Question 10 • Social Studies 8

In addition to influencing the Declaration of Independence, the Virginia Declaration of Rights served as a model for

Answer
A
the English Bill of Rights.
B
the Iroquois Constitution.
C
the American Bill of Rights.
D
Common Sense .

Explanation

The Virginia Declaration of Rights, written in 1776, listed individual liberties and limits on government. Its ideas influenced the amendments that became the American Bill of Rights, ratified in 1791. The English Bill of Rights came much earlier, in 1689, so it could not have been modeled on Virginia’s declaration.

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