jun 15, 1215 - Signing of the Magna Carta

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The Magna Carta made peace between a group of rebels and King John of England and it symbolized the reassertion of the people's rights against an oppressive ruler. It inspired American colonists to declare and agree upon sets of rights that the government could not take away. The Magna Carta was very influential to American colonists because it showed that the people could take how their rulers presided over them back into their own hands and that citizens could have some power over the monarchy.

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