"Democracy" which is a term that originated in Ancient Greece is a form of government that is ruled by the people of the Country in which the democratic system is runs under. It is for the people, and organised by the people. Democracy is basically, the way that a group of people run their lives with the group of people they live with, for example the people of our country Canada all live in a …showed first 75 words of 974 total…

…showed last 75 words of 974 total…years ago! Magna Carta, which translates to "English Great Charter" is the charter given by a King named John, who was in fear of the development of a civil war. In Egland, the Petition of Right in 1628 and the Habeas COrpus Act in 1679 was a result of the charter of 1215, which stated that "no freeman shall be..imprisoned or disseised except bye the lawfull judgement of his peers or by the law of the land."