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parliament  

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  • Parliament's development as the supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom was a lengthy process originating with the Magna Carta in 1215. Parliament's evolution into a recognizably modern incarnation at the start of the seventeenth century resulted in a century of struggles between parliamentarians and monarchists that saw the establishment of Parliament as the supreme governing body of Britain. [Source: Encyclopedia of U.S. Political History; Parliament]

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