States operate from various powers, policies, and laws created within each state’s government, but the entire United States of America operates under a fundamental law. This law is the only law known to be the highest law of the land and it is the United States Constitution. The Constitution has proposed such remarkable power from documents and events that it holds such significance not only in the United States of America, but also other countries. The purpose of this paper is to create a chronological narrative delineating the significance of documents and events that has place an impact on the U.S. Constitution. In 1215 a charter was signed by King John that placed limits over his royal power. King John the ruler of England wanted to have vast control over the riches of his land. Therefore, he wanted all to pay increasingly high taxes to support the military. This was a wealthy plan for King John, but not for the noblemen who had to pay them. This caused a disturbing concern that led the nobles to rebel against him, forcing him to sign a charter placing drastic limits on his royal powers. This charter became known as the Magna Carta, in which this document holds to its power today, contributing significance to creation of the U.S. Constitution (McCollugh, 2008). The impact that Magna Carta placed on the U.S Constitution was the declaration of rights over the power of any “king” or in the United States legislative bodies enforced by the Supreme Court. This gave James Monroe a founding father of the Constitution the idea to implement the concept of law as supreme into the draft (Sterner, 2010). As King John betrayed the noblemen, the Pilgrims and some colonists were also deceived that the land they thought were contracted to... ... middle of paper ... ...://joseph-allen- mccullough.suite101.com/magna-carta-1215-a48603 Mount, S. 2010. Mayflower Compact. Retrieved September 28, 2011, from http://www.usconstitution.net/mayflower.html Patrick, J. J., Pious, R.M., Ritchie, D.A. (2001). Oxford guide to the U.S government. Retrieved September 28, 2011, from http://books.google.com/books?id=9nYh3RocaG8C&pg=PA30&lpg=PA30&dq=oxford+g uide+to+the+US+Government-+articles+of+Confederation&source=bl&ots=h9IP- 5qP0O&sig=_Tl2uORQhcILxb6mDgbCVdLN-jA&hl=en&ei=9J- ITt2XEq_KsQLu082oDw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CCM Q6AEw AA#v=onepage&q&f=false Patterson, T.E. (2009). The American democracy. New York: McGraw Hill Sterner, D.C. (2010). Impact of magna carta on the declaration of independence. Retrieved September 21, 2011, from http://www.homeofheroes.com/hallofheroes/1st_floor/birth/1bc1b.html
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