The magna carta was important because it
a. was the first constitution.
b. created the english parliament.
c. strengthened the idea that a monarch's power was limited, not absolute.
d. made every male in england a "free man."

The Magna Carta was important because it made every male in England a “free man”. Magna Carta is a charter agreed to by King John of England during 1215. The first draft was made by the Archibishop of Canterbury to make peace between a King and a group of rebel barons. The answer would be choice D.