The Magna Carta was the first written document signed by King John of England in 1215 which guaranteed citizens fundamental rights such as:
1) Trial by jury
2) Due process of law
3) the rights of all free citizens to own and inherit property
4) protection from excessive taxes and the
5) the right of the church to be free from governmental interference
The said laws was above the King's will, a revolutionary idea in 1215.
