The road to the American Democracy started off as early as the Magna Carta and Parliament. Before the times of these truly essential documents kings and rulers had free reign of all the resources and could pretty much do whatever they wanted and not have to worry about being sentenced to the stocks. The Magna Carta was made and declared by barons and nobles, partly because they were frustrated with the king always taking their men for endless crusades. In 1215, the Barons forced the king to sign the Magna Carta; a document limiting the king’s power and putting him under the law. Later, in 1265, Simon de Montfort summoned the first elected parliament. It was separated into two houses; one with nobles and high clergy and the other with Knights
