MagnaCarta & English Bill of Rights
Maria Cordova
The Magna Carta
The Magna Carta was written in 13th century and the main purpose of it was to protect their rights and property against a tyrannical king. In other words, this was the document that give rights to the common people and limited the control from the king by a congress or parliament. At these time the king was John I from England.
A new beginning..
This was the day when the Magna Carta was signed and every thing started to change. Where the kings had not more absolute power.
The original document..
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"The democratic aspiration is no mere recent phase in human history . . . It was written in Magna Carta."
English Bill of Rigths
Bill of Rights 1689 is the act that gave the rights and freedoms to everybody in England. This was a outcome of glorious revolution one year before. However, the magna carta was the first step of the fight for the rights, but took like four hundred and seventy six year to make something more real to the citizens not only with few of them. This try to made every men equal in front of the law.
William and Mary in February 1689
Mary, the daughter of the deposed king, and William of Orange, her husband, are proclaimed joint sovereigns of Great Britain under Britain’s new Bill of Rights.
The Main purpose of it
Assert the rights of Parliament and the individual, and ensure a Protestant political supremacy
Shield..
An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown.