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    for people to live their lives by. John Locke and Baron de Montesquieu both helped to build our constitution and we borrowed some of their ideas for how we live our lives in America. John Locke had the idea that people were born with the three natural rights: life‚ liberty‚ and property. We as an early country borrowed that idea but changed it slightly. We chose to use: people have the right to life‚ liberty‚ and the pursuit of happiness. The Baron de Montesquieu said that the government’s power comes

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    Huggins 7/12/12 Magna Carta What is the chief goal of the Magna Carta‚ and why did the barons think that goal was important? After reading the rules presented to me in the Magna Carta‚ I have determined what the main goal of this document is. To me‚ it seems that the main goal of this document is to take power away from the King himself with out giving to much power to the people. It seems like the barons who wrote this document tried to give an even share to the people it affected. An example

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    of justice‚ were fuelling a revolt by his local Barons‚ whom had become increasingly dissatisfied with their king. The Barons using their military leverage over John secularized and established a national urge

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    The Red Baron

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    The red baron This is the story of Manfred Von Ritchofen a German 24 year old man‚ which in 1916 goes to war like many thousands of young men. He was a fight pilot that really fasts becomes famous because his victories. He and his friends‚ had their own code of honor characterized by an athletic ambition‚ an obsession with technology and chivalrous respectability. They decorate their airplanes with a variety of motifs. Manfred’s paints his airplane red‚ at first his superior are not happy with

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    widely known as the Red Baron‚ was a German fighter pilot with the Imperial German Army Air Service (Luftstreitkräfte) during World War I. He is considered the top ace of that war‚ being officially credited with 80 air combat victories. Richthofen was born into a Prussian aristocratic family on May 2nd 1892. He was a ‘Freiherr’‚ a title of nobility that translates as ‘Free Lord’ but is usually translated as ‘Baron’ – hence why Richthofen was frequently referred to as Baron von Richthofen or his nickname

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    rules easier Conclusion : themes/ motives reiteration of intro & body 2. How far were the financial demands made by Richard I and King John responsible for the outbreak of the baronial revolt of 1214-15? * Focus on growing opposition of barons to the monarchy * Stress placed on them to fund the 3rd Crusade(Richard)‚ and regain Angevin Empire(John). Magna Carta – taxation only with Great Council’s consent * Understand how John began to act outside the law‚ i.e. taxing whatever sum

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    The Red Baron

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    Cited: Perry‚ David. "Who is the Red Baron." http://riri.essortment.com/whoredbaron.htm "The Red Baron." http://www.briggsenterprises.com/bluemax/

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    Thomas Becket

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    Charter”) was originally an English document issued in 1215. An army led by English barons forced King John (1167–1216) to sign it. The purpose of the document was to clarify the king’s power over the barons‚ the church‚ clergymen‚ and the free people of certain towns. The 1215 document was not the first to limit the power of the king. Nor did it have a tremendous impact on lives generally‚ as it applied only to barons‚ clergy‚ and certain free people‚ not to the masses or servants. English monarchs

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    The Decline of Feudalism

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    feudalism. These three blows to the political structure made feudalism desolate by the late 1400’s. The development of the Magna Charta and the Model Parliament contributed to the decline of feudalism. It was an agreement between the barons and the king‚ giving the barons back their rights. The Magna Charta also gave rise to the habeas corpus‚ which is still in use today. And the Model Parliament‚ a governing body‚ included both commoners and nobles. These two events were some of the first to begin

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    Richard died and King Jon was crowned the story became somewhat fictional. History tells us that King John signed the Magna Carta and then refused to honor it because it limited his power. He was overthrown by the English barons who were aided by the French. In the movie barons revolted against the king initially but then rejoined his forces to defeat the French. Robin Hood is given credit for presenting the Magna Carta. After the French are defeated King John refuses to sign the Magna Carta and

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