“ From the beginning, the English colonies had democratic characteristics such as majority rule, representative government, and freedom of religion.” These ideas are shown in the Magna Carta, Mayflower Compact, Petition of Right, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Massachusetts School Law, Bloody Tenet of Persecution, Rhode Island Colonial Charter, Habeas Corpus Act, English Bill of Rights, and the Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges.
The Magna Charta, or the Magna Carta, is the document that King John of England was forced by the English barons to sign in 1215, guaranteeing certain rights to them. The ideas that came from this charter that helped make democracy are the convictions that all men ar
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