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On June 15, 1215, the barons of ___________________ England confronted King John at at Runnymede, and forced the king to put his ___________________ on the Magna Carta. King John had been an unpopular king who abused his power, oppressed his subjects, and angered the ___________________ by increasing ___________________ and demanding many soldiers for his ___________________ campaigns abroad. King John was excommunicated from the Catholic ___________________ by the Pope in 1209, further increasing his ___________________.
The barons wrote the ___________________ Carta, which contained 63 clauses promising all freemen access to courts and a fair ___________________, eliminating ___________________ fines and punishments, giving power to the Catholic Church in England, and addressing many lesser issues.
Although King John violated many of the clauses in the Magna Carta, later kings of ___________________ were eventually forced to comply with its terms.
The Magna Carta was one of the forerunners of modern British law, the US ___________________ and its Amendments (the ___________________ of Rights), and the guiding documents of many other countries that have further expanded the rights and liberties of the people and limited the power of the ___________________.
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