Magna Carta was held to be the people's reaffirmation of rights against an oppressive ruler, a legacy that captured American suspicion of concentrated American power.
The colonists believed that leaders should obey the law and citizens had the right to trial by jury in both a criminal and a civil case, the right to a speedy trial, and protection from loss of life, liberty or property without due process of law...
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You did not specify which country this religious shift took place however, India is the country that is dominant with Hinduism. The shift took place in 300 BC where Buddhism became very popular because Emperor Ashoka was facilitating its expansion. But up to present, Hinduism still remains as the dominant religion of India. In other parts of the world like Tibet and China, Buddhism is the dominant religion.
Explanation:
"The Communist Party destroyed churches, synagogues, and mosques, ridiculed, harassed, incarcerated and executed religious leaders, flooded the schools and media with anti-religious teachings, so they introduced their own belief system called "scientific atheism," with its own rituals, promises and proselytizers."