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MAGNA CARTA (It became a powerful symbol of Rights and Freedoms (It was…
MAGNA CARTA
It became a powerful symbol of Rights and Freedoms
It was granted in 1215
Ii established that the king had to obey the law
It became the first law that all English lawyers studied
It was used to challenge King Charles
Inspired by it Edward Cooke
He wrote the Petition of Rights
To limit the king's power
It was taken by the first English setters
American colonies based their laws on it
In the 1770 they fought for indipendence and Magna Carta became a Symbol of American Liberty
its principles were echoed in the Declaration of indipendence
And the Bill of Rights
One of the two copies is in the British Library
It's one of the most famous document in the world
18th century
It was used to protest against censorship of the press
the Chartists inspired by Magna Charta created a people's charter to fight for all men to have the vote
Ghandi
described the resuting document
Magna Charta
Thank to it we have The Universal Declaration of Rights
Eleanor Roosevelt
International Magna Charta of all men everywhere
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Nelso Mandela
he had admiration for it and he used it to fight against the South African regime
In 1990s suffragettes fought for the vote