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   Magna Carta 

 1st document signed 1215.
More symbol than substance.

Influence:
  No taxation without representation’   rang throughout the colonies in
 response to the Stamp Act 1765.

U.S. Bill of Rights, No person shall be ... deprived of life, liberty, or property,  without due process of law

 

 “The Black  

    Death”

The pandemic is thought to have begun in Central  Asia or India and  spread to Europe  during the 1340s.

    The total number
of deaths in Europe
   25-50 million