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Magna Carta had a great influence in the American colonies, whose founders demanded their own charters of rights from the crown. In 1639, for example, the General Assembly of Maryland agreed that "the Inhabitants of this Province shall have all their rights and liberties according to the great Charter of England."

When the colonists broke with the English Crown, in the 1770s, they appealed to Magna Carta for justification. Their rallying cry was "No taxation without representation". In 1787, after winning independence, the founders of the new Republic of the United States met in Philadelphia to draw up a constitution. They looked back to Magna Carta, and in particular its 39th clause:

"No free man shall be taken, imprisoned... outlawed, banished, or in any way destroyed, except by the lawful judgement of his peers and by the law of the land."

These words are echoed in the Fifth Amendment of the US Constitution:

"No person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property, without due process of law."

should we celebrate magna carta day?

Heeelll yeah lol.

The magna carta took away absolute power from the monarchy, lending itself to what would become a democratic society - i.e. it gave the people a voice, led to universal suffrage, people's rights, labour rights, a government, the beaurocracy, House of Commons, the downfall of the House of Lords, etc. It's what allows you and me to vote, have rights as humans, citizens, and employees, and gives us opportunities and, most importantly, Equal Rights.

English Magna Carta?

The Magna Carta was a document that was signed in England (though I'm not sure by which king) that gave more rights to some of his subjects. Those subjects being his nobles. Up until that point, whatever king wanted, king got. Then around the time period it was signed (which I believe was 1215 ad, but I'm not sure on that), the King wanted to go to war. The nobles of his time refused to fight with him or give him any troops (because at the time the nobles ruled over the plots of land and all their peasants living on the land would have to fight any time the nobles ordered it, but the king would rule the nobles and so he still basically had all the power).

The King at the time then signed the Magna Carta so the nobles would fight with him against the enemy (which I believe was France). This gave various rights to the nobles, and said no king would be able to take those rights away. So while it didn't provide rights for everybody, it was an important step in democracy because it made the way for a government in which the single leader at the top had the only rights. With more effort in the future, rights would be given to more and more people (a process that continues to this day, but we have a real chance now of giving complete rights to everyone).