Are you ready to step back in time and find the connection?
Begin your footsteps. . .
. . .the way to peace feudal rights proclaimed
Privileges nation’s laws must maintain
Privileges nation’s laws must maintain
Failure after failure plagued with abuse
Lay the foundation for a king's truce. . .
. . .a truce to end pressures and strife
All brought about under a king's knife
. . .the deal of peace not long to remain
But reissued thrice under its name
But reissued thrice under its name
This great charter, oppressor's demise
Framed its words stalwart and wise. . .
. . .wise in its statutes to set men free
Continues a symbol of liberty
Make the connection. . .
Generations of Englishmen would celebrate the Magna Carta as a symbol of freedom from oppression. Thus, the foundation was laid for the Founding Fathers of the United States of America, who in 1776 looked to the charter as a historical precedent for asserting their liberty from the English crown. This charter influenced early settlers in New England and inspired later constitutional documents, including the United States Constitution.
June 15 This Day in History. Magna Carta sealed plus more. . . |
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