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MAGNA CARTA The Great Charter

MAGNA CARTA The Great Charter. 1215 Runnymede, England. Magna Carta 1215. Widely viewed as one of the most important legal documents in the history of democracy.

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MAGNA CARTA The Great Charter

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  1. MAGNA CARTAThe Great Charter 1215 Runnymede, England

  2. Magna Carta 1215 • Widely viewed as one of the most important legal documents in the history of democracy.

  3. British common law springs from the rights outlined in the Magna Carta; this document, signed in A.D. 1215, outlined baronial rights that were independent of a king’s authority. Click Me for a Video

  4. The United States' borrowed the concept of checks and balances on power from England's Magna Carta.

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