I believe the answer is: It was located on peninsula between Europe and Asia and lied on the cross of trade routes
This location gave constantinople a strategic location to control the trades between European traders and Asian traders. They could obtain a lot of profit by either taxing the trades that pass through their territory, or monopolizing a certain type of product themselves.
ALL OF THE ABOVE. The Massachusetts Body of Liberties places a lot of government authority in the hands of magistrates, maintains that life or property cannot be taken away unless it's done through the process of law, and guarantees that citizens cannot be arrested or punished unless they have broken the law.