THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775 1783
BRITISH LOYALISTS VS AMERICAN PATRIOTS DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
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the king does not need to obey the laws
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laws should be based on the consent of the governed
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everyone must obey the law, including the king
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None of the above
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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: -Magna Carta 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. Widows who own property don’t have to remarry.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Clauses of Magna Carta There are clauses on the granting of taxes, towns and trade, the extent and regulation of the royal forest, debt, the Church and the restoration of peace. Only four of the 63 clauses in Magna Carta are still valid today-1 (part), 13, 39 and 40.
Detailed explanation-4: -"No taxation without representation” is most significant Magna Carta principle. In America’s colonial days, the most significant principle of the Magna Carta was that the king had no power to tax persons who were not represented in the government.