they wanted scramble for powers
up with being taxed for foreign wars, the local Barons forced King John to sign a document called Magna Carta. This was the first time an English King had agreed to ‘play’ by a set of rules. It restricted what he could do and introduced ‘trial by jury’ (well, for some anyway!). Much of Magna Carta is still with us today and it formed the basis for democracy the world over
