The people of England believed and accepted that the King was born with absolute right to rule from God. They accepted the King could do no wrong and that the King was accountable only to God7. However, by 1215 the people of England demanded more law and a concert of nobles and barons rose up and forced King John to provide a guarantee of certain freedoms8. ... When King John confirmed the Magna Carta he was acknowledging the concept that no man, not even the king, is above the law15. ... The parliament wanted the king to be subject to the law, fair criminal procedure, independent courts a...

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Many of the reasons why people revolted against their current government system was because the people had almost no rights, it was all controlled by the king. The king could just arbitrarily punish or arrest anytime he wanted to without a justified reason just because he was king. In England, the nobles rebelled against King John and forced him to sign the Magna Carta. ... This was also important in the development of Western Political thought because Western Political thought was that of a democratic government, and an Enlightment thinker, John Locke, indicated that " a government's pow...

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The idea that government was not all-powerful first appeared in the Magna Carta, which King John was forced to sign in 1215. ... In the Magna Carta, the king also agreed that he could not tax the people without popular consent. ... The difference between this document and the other two documents was that the Declaration of Independence stated specific complaints against King George III and whereas, the English Bill of Rights pertained to people in the colonies and in England, this document pertained only to those living in America. ... Taking a step further from what has been stated abo...

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The Bourbon king Louis XIV, the powerful monarch of the early seventeenth century (1661-1715), had been the most successful absolute monarch in history, but his grandiose imperial ambitions led to massive military failure and had left his country in economic ruin. ... The king knew that they could grant him the taxing authority he wanted but also knew that he would need to compromise his powers in doing so. ... The Magna Carta was a feudal document that was intended to limit the power of the king. The king of England at the time the Magna Carta was introduced and who signed it was King John. ...

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