List five (5) provisions of the Magna Carta
http://www.constitution.org/eng/magnacar.htm Clause 1, the freedom of the English Church. Clause 9 the "ancient liberties" of the City of London. Clause 29 a right to due process. Clause 42 its lawful for subjects to leave the kingdom without prejudicing their allegiance (except for outlaws and during war) Clause 62 pardoned those who had rebelled against the king
The right of the king to raise revenues and taxes was revoked. Judges could no longer arbitrarily try and sentence free men. Free men could only be tried and sentenced by a jury of their equals. A council of vassals was organized to approve or disapprove of the king's revenue raising.
The Magna Carta limited the power of the King. The document made him declare that his will was not arbitrary; all freemen had to obey the law of the land. This document would be one of the ancestors of the American Constitution. Three of the clauses of the 1297 Carta are still on the books in London. These are: the freedom of the English Church, the liberties of the city of London (Google that if you want to know more about it), and the clause which states that a Freeman will not be stripped of his property/liberties except by judgment of his peers. I think that's only four, but it ought to get you started.
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