3. Read the following excerpts from the Magna Carta and English Bills of
Rights. Choose 2 and Write 2-4 sentences for each quote explaining it's
relationship to one democratic principle (1.1) and of limited government/the
consent of the governed.
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- And the city of London shall have all it ancient liberties and free customs, as well
by land as by water; furthermore, we decree and grant that all other cities,
boroughs, towns, and ports shall have all their liberties and free customs.(Magna
Carta 1215)
- That the pretended power of suspending the laws or the execution of laws by regal
authority without consent of Parliament is illegal...(English Bill of Rights, 1689)
No scutage or aid shall be imposed... unless by common counsel thereof... and ...
only a reasonable aid shall be levied. (Magna Carta 1215)
- [N]o bailiff shall upon his own unsupported accusation put any man to trial
without producing credible witnesses to the truth of the accusation. (Magna Carta
1215)
