The answer is that the states had power to enforce national laws. The Articles of Confederation didn't have an executive branch established.
<span>It is B. Louis XIV was an absolute monarch, while William of Orange was a constitutional monarch.
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The Magna Carta
The Magna Carta, or "Great Charter," affirmed that everyone is subject to the law -- even the king. It was an agreement between King John and the nobility in 1215, but its listing of rights provided instrumental founding principles for the wider establishment of rights for all citizens in the centuries following -- including the rights guaranteed in the Constitution of the United States.
