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How did the establishment of a parliament change the government of England?

Do you think the Magna Carta affected the lives of ordinary people? Why or why not?

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In 1215, the tenants-in-chief secured Magna Carta from King John, which established that the king may not levy or collect any taxes (except the feudal taxes to which they were hitherto accustomed), save with the consent of his royal council, which gradually developed into a parliament.

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The Model Parliament was unicameral and summoned 49 lords to sit with 292 representatives of the Commons. The Model Parliament created a precedent in which each "successor of a baron" (which includes Lords Spiritual) who received a writ to the parliament of 1295 "had a legal right to receive a writ".

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