4. was created in 1215 and limited the powers of monarchs.
O The Enlightenment
English Bill of Rights
O Magna Carta
5. Why was a system of checks and balances built into the Constitution?
O to limit the power of the president and vice president
to keep one branch from dominating any other
to divide the legislature into two bodies

4. The Magna Carta

5. To keep one branch from dominating the other.

Explanation:

In 1215 the English people passed the Magna Carta making it known that the King/Queen and there government are not above the law.

The checks and balances in the American Constitution were designed to prevent one person, or persons from dominating the government, thats why the president can't do anything without the other 2 branches approval, and vise versa.

codfish influenced the yankee trade because they traded it with the americans and the americans traded livestock, molasses and stuff that they can make clothes out of (like wool, and leather). they also could make weapons to.