JACKSONIAN DEMOCRACY 1825 1850
DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA BY ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE
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Increased power for monarchs
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Creation of the House of Burgesses
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Protection of landholder’s rights
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Settlement of America
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Magna Carta created a legal system by which the king had to abide, instilling protections for the clergy and nobility. The Magna Carta was the basis for English common law, and thereby indirectly also had influence on American law.
Detailed explanation-2: -Magna Carta All free men have the right to justice and a fair trial with a jury. The Monarch doesn’t have absolute power. The Law is above all men and applies to everyone equally. All free citizens can own and inherit property.
Detailed explanation-3: -Magna Carta was written by a group of 13th-century barons to protect their rights and property against a tyrannical king. It is concerned with many practical matters and specific grievances relevant to the feudal system under which they lived.
Detailed explanation-4: -Magna Carta, or “Great Charter, ” signed by the King of England in 1215, was a turning point in human rights. The Magna Carta, or “Great Charter, ” was arguably the most significant early influence on the extensive historical process that led to the rule of constitutional law today in the English-speaking world.