EMERGENCE OF USA
FOUNDATION OF AMERICAN COLONIES
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The Mayflower Compact
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The Magna Carta
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The English Bill of Rights
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The United States Constitution
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Detailed explanation-1: -Bill of Rights, formally An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown (1689), one of the basic instruments of the British constitution, the result of the long 17th-century struggle between the Stuart kings and the English people and Parliament.
Detailed explanation-2: -"The Magna Carta was a legislative agreement enacted by King John I of England in 1215. It defined the king’s rights as well as those of his subjects. Magna Carta is regarded as one of the most important historical documents since it declares that no one should be above the law.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Declaration of Right, or Declaration of Rights, is a document produced by the English Parliament, following the 1688 Glorious Revolution. It sets out the wrongs committed by the exiled James II, the rights of English citizens, and the obligation of their monarch.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.