<P> Virginia's Constitution lists the reasons for dissolving its ties with the King in the formation of its own independent state government . Including the following: </P> <Ul> <Li> Keeping among us, in times of peace, standing armies and ships of war . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Keeping among us, in times of peace, standing armies and ships of war . </Li> <Ul> <Li> Effecting to render the military independent of, and superior to, the civil power . </Li> </Ul>

Second amendment of the constitution word for word