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    The Magna Carta is important for many reasons. One being that some of the charter's ideas / laws are still English law today. Also many famous people have referenced the great charter. If other countries model their governments / laws after another document then that document has to be pretty special.

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    The Magna Carta is important for many reasons. One being that some of the charter's ideas / laws are still English law today. Also many famous people have referenced the great charter. If other countries model their governments / laws after another document then that document has to be pretty special.

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    AnalyzetheimpactthattheMagnaCartahashadonour

    Worldthelast800years.
    Provide4piecesofevidencesupportingyourclaims.
    HIGHLIGHTthepiecesofevidence
    (Mustbeinparagraphform)

    TheMagnaCartaisimportantformanyreasons.One
    beingthat
    someofthechartersideas/lawsarestillEnglish
    lawtoday
    .Byhavingsomeofitsidealssurviveoverso
    manyyearsandstillbepartofmoderndaylife,theMagna
    Cartaprovesitisimportant.Alsomanyfamouspeople
    havereferencedthegreatcharter.
    ThomasJefferson
    referenceditandthedocumentalsoinfluencedhim(and
    thefoundingfathers)inthecreationoftheDeclarationof
    IndependenceandBillofRight.
    Manyofthefreedomsand
    lawsofprotectingthosefreedomsfromtheMagnaCarta
    wereusedinthosedocuments.AndIfothercountries
    modeltheirgovernments/lawsafteranotherdocument
    thenthatdocumenthastobeprettyspecial.TheMagna
    Cartaalso
    influencedtheUniversalDeclarationofHuman
    Rightswhichprotectseveryoneallovertheworldand
    includesmanyotherfreedoms.EleanorRoosevelteven
    referencetheMagnaCarta
    andsaidthattheUniversal
    DeclarationofHumanRightswasthenewMagnaCarta.If
    somethingisasimportantandbeneficialfortheworldas
    theUniversalDeclarationofHumanRightsthenthe

    documentinwhichitwaspartlymodeledafterhastobe
    trulyuniqueaswell.Eleanorreferencingsimplyaddsto
    theimportance.Lastly,
    GandhireferencedtheMagna
    Cartainthecontextofracialinequality
    ,andifsomeoneas
    influentialandfamousashimusingadocumenttoprovea
    pointthateveryoneshouldbetreatedequally,thenthat
    documentissomethingspecial.Theseandmanymoreare
    reasonswhytheMagnaCartaissoimportantand
    influential.

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