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Political Documents And Events On Democracy

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Political documents and events allowed democracy to be created and evolve in England. Old concepts such as absolute power and divine right were slowly being crushed while new ideas such as rule of law and limited government were rising. The concept of rule of law was first established by the English Petition of Rights in 1628. Though this document was strongly influenced by the Magna Carta, the rights and protection guaranteed in it as well as the limit of the king’s power were made effective by the English Petition of Rights which paved a road to democracy. However, this one document was nowhere near enough to satisfy everyone so eventually the English Civil War began. People were questioning the theory of absolute power like they had for
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