Compare + Contrast Magna Carta &                             U.S Constitution
    

Similarities Between Magna Carta & U.S                                 Constitution:


* Magna Carta involves the freedom of the church.

* In Constitution, freedom of religion is guaranteed.

* In Magna Cart, only the Parliament could levy taxes, not king. 

* The U.S , doesn't have a Parliament, the Congress levies taxes, not president. 

* In Magna Carta, it is guaranteed that everyone has the right to fair trail. 

* In U.S., the three branches of government are the parallel to the parliament.

*In both documents, both include the right of fair fines.

* They both state that the fine is associated with the degree of offense.

* They both develop to become the law of the land and counties to be used this day. 

   

Differences Between Magna Carta &                                   U.S Constitution:


* were created at different time periods.

* were created at different places.

* The constitution didn't do anything for slaves, but everyone else was protected by it, on the other side Magna Carta was not really written to apply to everyone in society that time.

* Magna Carta only talks about things like trails and crimes, it does not really give personal freedoms that are important to us, but U.S Constitution does.

* The Bill of Rights was to develop to protect the citizens of American colonies from the British, but Magna Carta was not.

* The Magna Carta was written in Feudal England, the U.S Constitution in post Revolutionary War Enlightenment America.