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But it was his next actions that marked a major advance for Man. He freed the slaves, declared that all people had the right to choose their own religion, and established racial equality.
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Magna Carta Libertatum, better known as the Magna Carta, is a letter agreed by John I of England at Runnymede, near Windsor, on June 15, 1215. First drafted by the archbishop of Canterbury, Stephen Langton, to make the peace between the English king with wide unpopularity and a group of rebellious barons, promised the protection of ecclesiastical rights.
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The Petition of Rights is an important English constitutional document that establishes specific guarantees for the subjects that can not be violated by anyone, not even by the King. Granted on June 7, 1628, the petition contains restrictions on taxes not established by parliament, enforced enlistment of soldiers in private homes, incarceration without cause, and restrictions on the use of martial law.
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The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. It was adopted in its original form on September 17, 1787 by the Constitutional Convention of Philadelphia and then ratified by the people at conventions in each state in the name of "We the People." The Constitution has a central place in American law and political culture. The Constitution of the United States is the oldest federal constitution that is currently in force in the world.
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The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States of America. It was adopted in its original form on September 17, 1787 by the Constitutional Convention of Philadelphia and then ratified by the people at conventions in each state in the name of "We the People." The Constitution has a central place in American law and political culture. The Constitution of the United States is the oldest federal constitution that is currently in force in the world.