WORLD HISTORY

EMERGENCE OF USA

FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This document limited the taxing power of the King of England.
A
Magna Carta
B
English Bill of Rights
C
Declaration of Independence
D
Enlightenment
Explanation: 

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 (1215) In 1215, after King John of England violated a number of ancient laws and customs by which England had been governed, his subjects forced him to sign the Magna Carta, which enumerates what later came to be thought of as human rights.

Detailed explanation-3: -"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-4: -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).

Detailed explanation-5: -Magna Carta Libertatum (Medieval Latin for “Great Charter of Freedoms"), commonly called Magna Carta (also Magna Charta; “Great Charter"), is a royal charter of rights agreed to by King John of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on 15 June 1215.

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