Asked by caleb

Which document signed long before the Age of Enlightenment represents the first time that citizens used a "contract" to place limits on the power of a king?

the English Bill of Rights

The Rights of Man and Citizens

Declaration of Independence

Magna Carta

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Magna Carta

Signed in 1215, the Magna Carta was a charter (a kind of contract) between King John and his barons that for the first time legally limited the king’s power and established protections like due process and limits on taxation without consent.