Regarding the Magna Carta, this statement is false:
A.) THE DOCUMENT REQUIRED TRIAL BY A JURY OF ONE'S PEERS.
The Magna Carta, meaning "The Great Charter, was officially named Magna Carta Libertatum. It was a document issued by King John of England. It is very controversial because it states that everybody is subjected to the law. Nobody is exempted. Even the royals are subject to the law.
The Declaration of Independence contains many examples of enlightenment philosophy. The most notable is the idea that Government is derived from the people and that citizens band together for mutual protection. Jefferson drew this from John Locke, in particular.
Protect interests of bystanders.
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I learned this not too long ago too!
I think the answer you are looking for is parallax. Hipparchus used parallax to not only measure the distance from the sun, but also the moon. Although he was off my a couple hundred yards or so he actually measured the moon before the sun.
