Magna Carta, England, 1215
39 – No free man shall be seized or imprisoned or stripped of his rights or possessions, or outlawed or exiled, or deprived of his standing in any other way, nor will we proceed with force against him, or send others to do so, except by the lawful judgment of his equals or by the law of the land.
United States Constitution, Bill of Rights, 1791
Fourth Amendment: The right of the people to be secure . . . against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause . . . particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
Which of these statements is a conclusion that can be drawn by comparing the two excerpts?
A.
The purpose of the United States Constitution is to protect people' rights that were not protected in the Magna Carta.
B.
Both the Magna Carta and the Constitution were written by the same group of people.
C.
Some of the ideas set forth in the United States Constitution were taken from the Magna Carta.
D.
The rights guaranteed in the Constitution are much different than the rights guaranteed by the Magna Carta.