king didn't want to be excommunicated. there was a new version of this one that kept the peace for a while. when king henry died, his son, king edward became king, he was grandfathered, needed money to fight wars in france, sought from noblemen more money and they asked him to agree to a new magna carta. and he did so in 1297. this became the law of the lan of england. this actually became something that really set the trend, and the 1215 was abrogated. this is the one that's really the law of the land and that's why it's so important is that -- >> well, that's very good. >> what about the magna carta do we have in our laws? >> the whole document is based on representative government, the right to habeas corpus, crime, punishment proportionate to the crime, trial by jury, things like that are the inspiration for our bill of rights, but if you read the early writings of hamilton and jefferson and adams and madison, many times they say it's because of the magna carta that we're doing this, and, remember, these people who were breaking away from england, they viewed themselves as englishmen. and they don't want to break away from england and

became the next king. the regents came up with a new version of this one. that kept the peace for a while. when that king, king henry died, his son, king edward game the king. he in a similar situation, his grandfather needed some money to fight wars in france. he sought from noblemen some more money. they asked him to agree to a new magna carta. he actually did so in 1297. this comes from 1297. this advantage of this one over the 1215 one, though more famous, this became the law of the land of england and is still the law of the land of england. this actually became something that really set the trend for common law in england whereas the 1215 version was abrogated. while the 1215 has many things in it as this version, this 1297 is still the law of the land and that's why it's so important. is that -- >> very good. what of the magna carta is in our founding documents? >> in our bill of rights we have in effect -- well, the whole government is based on no taxation without representation. representative government. we have the right to habeas corpus. we have punishment proportionate to the crime. trial by jury. things like that are the inspira