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The Magna Carta was created to limit the English kings power.
The first document to reduce the powers of the English monarchs was the Magna Carta, or Great Charter in English, signed in 1215 by King John.
The Magna Carta is significant about limiting the power of the English monarchy and establishing that people have rights.
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Parliament first limited the power of the Crown under the Petition of Right, 1628.