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what basic principle of democratic government did the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights establish ​

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Answer:they asserted that the rights of the English colonists to life, liberty and property

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When the First Continental Congress met in 1774 to draft a Declaration of Rights and Grievances against King George III, they asserted that the rights of the English colonists to life, liberty and property were guaranteed by “the principles of the English constitution,” a.k.a. Magna Carta.

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