The legislative body that resulted from the signing of the magna carta served what purpose? a. it acted as a system of checks and balances.
b. it removed the monarch from the legislative process.
c. it held the monarch accountable to the people.
d. it ensured that the voice of the people was heard.

A. It acted as a system of checks and balances.

Explanation:

Magna Carta or call it by another name the Great Charter was the charter of liberties that was granted by England's King John to the barons ( wealthy merchants) in a threat of a civil war. Foreign policies and taxation put a burden of the Englishmen and the document of Magna Carta of 1215 assured that the power of ruler is within a system of check and balance. Later this document was evolved and seemed as an expression of freedom from the oppression of the Crown.

b.unemployment reached nearly 25 percent.