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It was a crucial step in establishing the idea that King John and the government were bound by law, not above it. The principles of the American democracy were equality in voting, individual freedoms, equal protection under the law, majority rule with minority rights and it was also a limited government. Passages that affected the government was that no free man would be deprived of rights except by lawful judgement. -
A landmark constitutional document that limited the power of the monarchy by affirming subjects' rights to no taxation without Parliament consent, no unlawful imprisonment, no quartering of soldiers, and no martial law in peacetime. It also laid the groundwork for democracy -
