Magna Carta Journal

The Magna Carta, also known as the Great Charter was an important document that was a stepping stone for modern democracy.  The Magna Carta included such fundamental rights as trial by jury and due process of law, protection against the arbitrary taking of life, liberty, or property.  The Magna Carta basically brought the idea that monarchy did not have absolute power.  The Magna Carta impacted England greatly because back then it was very common for a monarch to have absolute power.  Now with the Magna Carta, the monarchs had limits they had to go according to.  For once they were a limited government.  Limited government is one characteristic of democracy, so therefore the Magna Carta obviously made democracy closer.  Another way the Magna Carta impacted the England was that it gave equality for people.  In the beginning the charter was meant for only the privileged people, but over time it became the rights of all English people.  For once, people were treated with equality.