Magna Carta

The Magna Carta is Latin for "Great Charter". It set down rights which became part of English law and which are now the foundations for the constitutions of all countries which speak English. It did not grant any new rights, but it did protect existing rights in writing. These rights included the basic right of anyone convicted of a crime to a jury trial; protection of private property; reasonable limits on taxes and a degree of guaranteed religious freedom. The Magna Carta was a significant influence on the long historical process that has resulted in the rule of constitutional law today.

The Magna Carta came about because King John (who only became king in 1199 when his brother King Richard I died) had a reputation for being tyrannical. His reign was marred by continuous war losses, beginning with the loss of Normandy to Philippe Auguste of France and ending with England torn by civil war. King John risked being forced out of power because of his mismanagement. By 1215, England's nobility was fed up with paying extra taxation. Members of this nobility rebelled and captured London. In June, the King met these barons at Runnymede on the River Thames to try and reach a peaceful settlement. The King reluctantly agreed to their demands by signing the Magna Carta on 15 June 1215. It was intended to limit the powers of the monarch and proclaimed certain liberties for "freemen".

Many later documents such as the US Constitution were based upon the Magna Carta.

First drafted by the Archbishop of Canterbury to make peace between the unpopular King and a group of rebel barons, it promised the protection of church rights, protection for the barons from illegal imprisonment, access to swift justice, and limitations on feudal payments to the Crown, to be implemented through a council of 25 barons.

Here are a few interestings facts:

-King john was nicknamed John Lackland after he lost loads of his land to King Phillip

-John signed the magna carta but broke all his promises and some of the laws of the magna carta

-He died after eating peaches and a lot of ale

-Apparently he killed Artur by stabbing him then tying him to a rock and throwing him in a river just so he could be more powerful

-When Richard died before Johns reign he didnt leave enough money so John had to raise the taxes

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The barons hoped that the magna carta would make them fair between king john and they would have more strawberries to eat.

Because the people were fed up with him misusing his tons of power and the people not getting a say in anything that he did. The Magna Carta took away some of the king's abilities and made his power slightly more reasonable.

It made it so it could limit King John in 1215 and other furture kings' power. Its effects on england were that it gave the citizens some rights and forced the kings act according to law because if they didn't they could lose their status.

A Famous Document known as the Magna Carta, or Great Charter, dates from this time. The Magna Carta was a written agreement that limited the king`s power and strengthened the rights of nobles - German

The Magna Carta limits the power of the king in England. It was written in 1215.

Key Themes in the Magna Carta are Rule of Law, Due Process, and Economic Rights. Again in 1628 The Petition of Rights limiting the power of the kind by not allowing the Monarchy to tax without consent of Parliament.

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the most important part of the magna carta is freedom of religion for all

I assume you mean the Magna Carta, which started in 1215 A.D. in England. It was a legal document forced upon King John to limit his powers, and to protect a few privileges of the noblemen and barons.

the barons made him sign it

-no new taxes unless accepted by the great council

-no property will be taken without reimbursement

-justice will not be sold, refused, or delayed

-any accused person may be judged by a jury of his/her peers

No taxation without input from those being taxed

that people would be able to elect their government

king John of England

King John was the monarch involved. John had been involved in a long drawn out civil war with a number of his more influential Barons. So seesaw was this war that at one point to improve his position, King John handed the country over to the control of the pope.

He was eventually compelled by these Barons to attend Runnymead (an island in the middle of the river Thames) to sign The Magna Carta or great Charter. which set out the rights of Barons and monarch and bound the rights into law.

This was the Magna Carta.

lotsKing John did lots of things that he should of not done .He had an argument with the pope which makes No entry to the church .He Killed his own nephew which makes Big family problems .Lost his empire means No soldiers to defend him. Lost the battle in France which means there is No people believing in him.

The Magna Carta influenced the writers of the constitution because it took power from the king and gave some to the nobels.

Two promises in the Magna Carta that would most please the barons are the protection of their rights and the limitation of the king's power. Specifically, the clause ensuring that no freeman could be imprisoned, exiled, or destroyed except by the lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land would safeguard their status and property. Additionally, the establishment of a council of barons to ensure the king adhered to the terms of the charter would give them a mechanism to hold the monarchy accountable, reinforcing their influence and security.