JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA BY ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE
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Congress
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Legislature
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English Parliament
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Common Lords
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Detailed explanation-1: -Magna Carta was issued in June 1215 and was the first document to put into writing the principle that the king and his government was not above the law. It sought to prevent the king from exploiting his power, and placed limits of royal authority by establishing law as a power in itself.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Magna Carta was signed by King John in June 1215 and was the first document to impose legal limits on the king’s personal powers. Clause 61 stated that a committee of twenty five barons could meet and overrule the will of the king-a serious challenge to John’s authority as ruling monarch.
Detailed explanation-3: -Parliament evolved from the great council of bishops and peers that advised the English monarch. Great councils were first called Parliaments during the reign of Henry III ( r. 1216–1272).
Detailed explanation-4: -The English Parliament seized power from the monarchy in 1688 at the end of a protracted conflict. It then forged the nation-state of Great Britain with England at its centre.