Magna Carta and the Political Culture Before and After the American Revolution
In the historical context of the English Civil War in the 17th century,Edward Coke shaped Magna Carta as a"myth"to resist the tyrannical power and defend the liberty of the subjects out of practical needs.Magna Carta also came to North America with British colonization and,along with charters,became part of the colonial tradition of self-government.In the anti-British movement,the American revolutionaries echoed the British radicals,giving Magna Carta powerful political power on two levels:first,as a political discourse against the policies of mother country;and the second is as a talisman of rights and liberty with highly symbolic meanings.After the independence of the United States,the spirit of Magna Carta was integrated into the American constitutionalism,while itself gradually faded from the political stage.The trans-Atlantic journey of Magna Carta not only outlines the interaction of political culture between Britain and America,but also highlights once again the diversity of the ideological sources of the American Revolution and the complexity of the political changes around the founding of the United States.
Magna CartaRadicalismThe American RevolutionPolitical Culture
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