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Question
While England’s legal documents were a step toward a constitutional monarchy, which of the following summarizes an obvious shortcoming?(1 point)
Responses

The laws that granted citizen rights lacked any real effect on the English public.
The laws that granted citizen rights lacked any real effect on the English public.

These rights were made by and only applied primarily to wealthy, landholding, White men.
These rights were made by and only applied primarily to wealthy, landholding, White men.

The legal documents did not allow other legislative bodies to be involved in government.
The legal documents did not allow other legislative bodies to be involved in government.

There were no laws that guaranteed protections against unlawful imprisonment.
There were no laws that guaranteed protections against unlawful imprisonment.
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Answer 1

These rights were made by and only applied primarily to wealthy, landholding, White men.

Explanation: England’s constitutional documents expanded rights and limited the monarch, but political power and legal protections were largely confined to propertied white men; women, the poor, and other groups remained excluded.