Magna Carta Flashcards
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Why was the Magna Carta important?
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It promised legal and political laws for the people and abolished trial by ordeal
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What is the Magna Carta?
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The great charter of english liberties forced from king John by the english barons
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Who signed it and when?
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King John of England signed it in June, 1215, in Runnymede
