Magna Carta

The right of the people to hold their monarch to account.

It gave the colonists the idea of limited government

it claimed that all taxation was a violation of natural rights to property

Magna Charta is a document.

The Magna Cart was created in England in 1215. This document represented the first time a written set of rules was dictated to a King of England by the subjects of the country, and led to the type of constitutional law we see today.

Well lets give an example of that: Great Britain. What Guarantees that that King or Queen isn't above the law? First, the last King to succeed in that, Charles I, was beheaded. Second, During the English Civil-War of the mid 1600's, of which Charles's death is a part, A dictator named Oliver Cromwell, who had been the head of parliament, ruled with an iron fist, so much so that it was decided that a parliament with a constitutional monarchy was necessary, and he was overthrown after a long and bloody war. The next few Kings had learned from Charles and never repeated his offenses again, even if they wanted to.

Finally, the Catholic Monarchy was overthrown, and a German, Protestant family was invited to rule, William and Mary of Orange. Protestants of course were more liberal in the Constitutional sense in that period, and so ever since then Parliament has reigned supreme.

Another example is George Washington. His army officers wanted to install him as King of America, but he refused. When it came time to elect a new President, after the Constitution was ratified, Washington was trusted with the office, not only because of his refusal of the crown, but because he was childless, and so that is why there is no King in America.

So to summarize, Kings are not above the law because since the English Civil-War, any King or Queen that tries to rule above the law dies...quickly!

Because otherwise he/she could do what ever they like I.E trial people unfairly or unfairly pay people and why they do this could just be down to culture's or even depending on the way you look and just by looking at what happened to the dictators in the pas have a king would just be like another dictator.

Parliament

The Magna Carta was the first document imposed upon a King of England to limit powers and protect citizens' rights. It gave democracy, limitation of power, equality and freedom.

Magna Carta, issued in 1215, was presented by the barons to King John, who was forced to sign the document. The Constitution is unwritten, but made up of various laws and documents, including the common law and the Magna Carta. HOWEVER, the Constitution of 1787, in the United States of America is written. Please see the related link following.

Some of the disadvantages were that it limited the power of monarch, as it favored all the freeman. Also the Magna Carta did not apply for ordinary peasants, it only applied for freeman like barons, merchants and knights.

Although initially the Magna Carta was an agreement between King John and the barons, the document has gone on to frame many documents, including our Constitution and Bill of Rights. It protected the rights of the subjects and included protection against many government abuses such as unlawful imprisonment, that in modern common law is defined as Habeas Corpus.

The Magna Carta established the principle of legal limits to royal authority.

Perhaps the Magna Carta's main contribution to democracy was that it was the first document in English history to limit the power of the monarch. Until then, there had been a belief that the monarch was the absolute ruler and therefore could do whatever they pleased. The Magna Carta forced the king to accept that there should be some laws that even the monarchy had to obey. This established the principle of the rule of law, meaning that law itself should be the absolute ruler, not kings and queens (or, later in history, governments and parliaments). The rule of law established certain rights for all people, such as the right to a fair trial. Over the years these rights have been expanded in ways that are discussed in other chapters in this unit.

In John's time there was no parliament. Because the Magna Carta established the council of 25 barons whom the king was supposed to consult on matters that were important to the country, some people also believe it sowed the seed for parliamentary democracy in England. Even though John was not required to take the barons' advice, this did mark the beginning of the power being shared by more people. The running of the state was now the concern of a group rather than an individual.

The Magna Carta had alot to do with freedoms these barons wanted. We asked for some of the same freedoms. Also, while not exact, the idea of the right to a jury of your peers started here

We have the right to live forever ' for whom shall take that away.. shall be punished.. and we shall cut of the head. we shall take their kids and kill them.

King John of England was forced to sign the Magna Carta at Runnymede on 15 June 1215. The Magna Carta, also known as The Great Charter, required that the King proclaim certain liberties, and accept that he was not above the law like anyone else. So the Magna Carta helped establish rights and limited government/monarchy.

The Magna Carta was a document that was signed by King John of England in 1215. It mainly deals with English laws and King John's promise to govern according to feudal law. Additionally, it says that no one could be imprisoned without a fair trial.

The demands of the Magna Carta were that King John would govern England and deal with its people according to the customs of feudal law. It was an attempt of the barons to keep the King from abusing his power. Important points of the Magna Carta were laws that were good and fair, everyone shall have access to courts and that costs and money should not be an issue if someone wanted to take a problem to the law courts, and that no freeman will be punished and sent to prison without first going through the courts. Freeman was later changed to include everyone.

It was a document signed by King John of England in 1215 A.D. outlining what we would call today civil rights of free men, the most important being in my opinion, appeal againts unlawful imprisonment.

King John

the magna carta

this document consisted of 61 clauses and the main two were:

no free man can be seized and kept in prison without a fair trial

taxes cannot be decided on by the king alone, or collected by force

this was signed in June 1215

King John was forced to sign the Magna Carta by a group of powerful barons, who were unhappy with his increasing taxation and his profitless wars in France. The barons had the support of Prince Louis of France and King Alexander II of the Scots.

King John partly repudiated part of the agreement, which led to the First Barons War from 1215 to 1217, and the crowning of Henry III after King John's death from dysentery.