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Magna Carta, an 800-year-old document, established the principle that everyone, including the king, is subject to the law, evolving into a powerful global symbol of rights and freedoms.
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this is the story of an 800-year-old
medieval document known as Magna carter
or the great Charter it's one of the
most famous documents in the world but
how did this old piece of parchment
become such a powerful symbol of our
rights and
freedoms Magna carter was granted in 125
and established for the first time that
everyone even the king had to obey the
law when Magna carter was printed for
the first time it became the first law
that all English lawyers studied but
many people didn't realize it
significance Shakespeare wrote a play
about King John in which he failed to
mention Magna carter in the 1600s
English lawyers used Magna carter to
challenge King Charles I at this time
the king could ignore Parliament and
imprison anyone who opposed him inspired
by Magna carter sir Edward cook wrote
the Petition of Right which set out to
limit the king's Powers around the same
time Magna carter was taken overseas to
America by the first British settlers
many American colonies based their own
laws on Magna carter then in the 1770s
the Americans fought for independence
from Britain Magna cataa became a symbol
of American Liberty and its principles
were echoed in the Declaration of
Independence and the Bill of
Rights in 18th century Britain Magna
cataa was used to protest against the
censorship of the press at this time
people could be imprisoned without trial
for criticizing the king when newspaper
publisher John wils was arrested for
insulting King George iiii he used Magna
carter to fight for his freedom he
claimed that ancient English Liberties
were under threat Wilson's campaign
showed Magna carter on everything from
posters to teapots you could say that
Magna carter went
viral in the 1800s very few people had
the right to vote in Britain a
nationwide movement of working people
known as the chartists inspired by Magna
carter created a people's Charter to
fight for all men to have the vote then
in the early 1900s the suffer Jets used
Magna carter to argue that all women
should have the right to vote too
increasingly people across the Empire
argued for rights equal to those of British
British
citizens Gandy fought successfully for
greater freedom of Indian settlers in
South Africa he described the resulting
document as the Magna carter of our
Liberty in this land land in his famous
speech from the doc Nelson Mandela
declared his admiration for Magna carter
and for Western democracy which he
contrasted with the oppressive South African
African
regime perhaps the most significant
influence of Magna Carta today is the
universal Declaration of Human Rights
written after the atrocities of World
War II the Declaration states that
people around the world are protected by
fundamental human rights regardless of
their citizenship race gender or beliefs
Ellena Rosevelt famously said that the
Declaration May well become the
international magnata of all men
everywhere although very few of Magna
carta's original Clauses remain valid in
English law it continues to inspire
people worldwide not a bad Legacy for an
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