The beginnings of democracy started mainly in England when the barons under King John created the Magna Carta and had it signed, which gave the people more rights and limited the king's power.
Four hundred years after the Magna Carta was signed, English Parliament was gaining more power over the kings and enforced the Petition of Rights, which kept the kings from arresting people without a fair trial, or forcing people to house soldiers.
Later, Parliament created the English Bill of Rights which further restricted the power of kings.
In modern England there is still a monarch but the government is parliamentary, operating as a democracy from these three documents.
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