Virginia Declaration of Rights: Primary Documents of American History (Virtual Programs &...

On June 12, 1776, Virginia adopted the Declaration of Rights. From the article:

"Virginia Declaration of Rights

A call for American independence from Britain, the Virginia Declaration of Rights was drafted by George Mason in May 1776 and amended by Thomas Ludwell Lee and the Virginia Convention. Thomas Jefferson drew heavily from it when he drafted the Declaration of Independence one month later. This uniquely influential document was also used by James Madison in drawing up the Bill of Rights (1789) and by the Marquis de Lafayette in drafting the French Declaration of the Rights of Man (1789)."

There is a link to the actual document on the website.