Middle+Ages+Documents

|| ||  The Magna Carta was a very important document that brought the country of England a step closer to democracy. King John was a monarch at the time that the Magna Carta was written. King John tried to raise taxes which angered the people. He was later forced by aristocrats or Barons to sign the Magna Carta, which granted England’s citizens basic unbreakable rights, and answers to many legal questions. This also made the king have to ask the Barons if he can raise taxes. Some of the more important clauses of the Magna Carta are that if the monarch does not act according to what the Magna Carta states than a group of 25 Barons can take over and rule. King John eventually breaks free of the barons rule and recinded the Great Charter. This began the start of the “First Barons’ War”.King John died of dysentery in the middle of the war in 1216, and his son King Henry lll reissued the Magna Carta. ||
 * ​ The Magna Carta
 * **Magna carta**. 1215. //ABC Clio: World History//. Web. 3 Mar. 2010. . ||