INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
DECLINE OF FEUDALISM
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individual rights and liberties.
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loyalty to the king.
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the power of the peasants.
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the role of religion in society.
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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: -It guaranteed that they could not be imprisoned, outlawed, exiled, or have their possessions or land confiscated without the lawful judgment of their social equals, paving the way for trial by a jury of one’s peers.
Detailed explanation-3: -By declaring the sovereign to be subject to the rule of law and documenting the liberties held by “free men, ” the Magna Carta provided the foundation for individual rights in Anglo-American jurisprudence.
Detailed explanation-4: -During the American Revolution, Magna Carta served to inspire and justify action in liberty’s defense. The colonists believed they were entitled to the same rights as Englishmen, rights guaranteed in Magna Carta.