Magna Carta
The Magna Carta
Contents
The Magna Carta………………………………………………………………......3
What is the Magna Carta? What was the purpose of the Magna Carta?...................5
Important Facts about the Magna Carta…………………………………………...6
Why the Magna Carta was important to the History of America………………….6
King John and the Magna Carta…………………………………………………...7
Summary of the Magna Carta……………………………………………………...8
Short Biography profile and facts about the life of King John of England………..9
King John and the Magna Carta………………………………………………….10
Interesting information, facts & the history about the life of King John…………11
Louis, the son of Philip of France made King of England and the Death of King John……………………………………………………………………………….11
References………………………………………………………………………...12
Magna Carta - 1215
...here is a law which is above the King and which even he must not break. This reaffirmation of a supreme law and its expression in a general charter is the great work of Magna Carta; and this alone justifies the respect in which men have held it.
--Winston Churchill, 1956
The Magna Carta
King John of England agreed, in 1215, to the demands of his barons and authorized that handwritten copies of Magna Carta be prepared on parchment, affixed with his seal, and publicly read throughout the realm. Thus he bound not only himself but his "heirs, for ever" to grant "to all freemen of our kingdom" the rights and liberties the great charter described. With Magna Carta, King John placed himself and England 's future sovereigns and magistrates within the rule of law.
When Englishmen left their homeland to establish colonies in the New World, they brought with them charters guaranteeing that they and their heirs would "have and enjoy all liberties and immunities of free and natural subjects." Scant generations later, when these American colonists raised arms against their mother country, they were fighting not for new freedoms but to preserve liberties that dated to the 13th
Contents
The Magna Carta………………………………………………………………......3
What is the Magna Carta? What was the purpose of the Magna Carta?...................5
Important Facts about the Magna Carta…………………………………………...6
Why the Magna Carta was important to the History of America………………….6
King John and the Magna Carta…………………………………………………...7
Summary of the Magna Carta……………………………………………………...8
Short Biography profile and facts about the life of King John of England………..9
King John and the Magna Carta………………………………………………….10
Interesting information, facts & the history about the life of King John…………11
Louis, the son of Philip of France made King of England and the Death of King John……………………………………………………………………………….11
References………………………………………………………………………...12
Magna Carta - 1215
...here is a law which is above the King and which even he must not break. This reaffirmation of a supreme law and its expression in a general charter is the great work of Magna Carta; and this alone justifies the respect in which men have held it.
--Winston Churchill, 1956
The Magna Carta
King John of England agreed, in 1215, to the demands of his barons and authorized that handwritten copies of Magna Carta be prepared on parchment, affixed with his seal, and publicly read throughout the realm. Thus he bound not only himself but his "heirs, for ever" to grant "to all freemen of our kingdom" the rights and liberties the great charter described. With Magna Carta, King John placed himself and England 's future sovereigns and magistrates within the rule of law.
When Englishmen left their homeland to establish colonies in the New World, they brought with them charters guaranteeing that they and their heirs would "have and enjoy all liberties and immunities of free and natural subjects." Scant generations later, when these American colonists raised arms against their mother country, they were fighting not for new freedoms but to preserve liberties that dated to the 13th
References: 1. http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/magna-carta.htm 2. http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/magna_carta/ 3. http://www.britannia.com/history/docs/magna2.html