How Did The Magna Carta Influence The Government Of The United States Of America?

The Magna Carta is one of the most important documents in establishing modern day democracies due to the fact that it sets up the baselines for current day democracies. The Magna Carta was many countries baseline when setting up their government and therefore can be seen as the foundation of many democracies. Clause 1 of the Magna Carta gives a right of freedom of religion to citizens of the country and limits the king’s power. This clause was a great baseline for setting up the government of the United States of America because one of many problems that the people had with Britain was the amount of power the king held over them. That although they were in a land far away from the king he could control decisions that affected their lives. The