HISTORY
MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE
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Question
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Towns people to vote for a king.
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laws for the king so that he wont have all the power
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Either A or B
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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: -"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.
Detailed explanation-3: -Because Magna Carta attempted to set limits to political power without grounding these limits in the sovereignty of the people, it demonstrated a problem with which philosophers have grappled for even longer than 800 years.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Magna Carta stated that the king must follow the law and could not simply rule as he wished. It was one of the first documents to state that citizens had such rights. Today many people consider Magna Carta to be the first written constitution in Europe.
Detailed explanation-5: -Under Magna Carta the King cannot impose taxes without the approval of the “common counsel” of the kingdom (1215) In June 1215, King John and his nobles signed the Greater Charter of Liberties (Magna Carta).