Question

Select the ideas that were introduced by the Magna Carta.

Women's rights

Documentation of peoples' rights

Trial by jury

Democratic thought

Sovereign power to the king

Answer 1

- Documentation of peoples' rights — yes (it recorded and protected certain liberties and legal protections)
- Trial by jury — yes (established the principle of lawful judgment by peers)
- Democratic thought — yes (it limited royal power and influenced later constitutional/democratic ideas)

Not introduced by the Magna Carta:
- Women's rights — no
- Sovereign power to the king — no (it restricted the king’s power rather than affirming it)