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Virginia's Declaration of Rights was the example used to draft the United States first Bill of Rights. George Mason drafted this early Virginia document.

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I think you mean Magna Carta.

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The Virginia declaration of rights written mainly by george mason in 1776, as well as the English Bill of Rights from 1689 and the Scottish Claim of Right Act also from 1689.

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va declaration of rights

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english bill of rights

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Virginia declaration of rights

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