I've always been a little confused how Parliament could have been created with Magna Carta yet for generations, the Crown still seemed to be calling the shots in Great Britain.
To someone who hasn't studied British history all that much, it seems that the Royal family didn't become symbolic until sometime after the American Revolution.
So, my question is, when did Parliament become more powerful than the Crown and how did this happen?
Thanks.
8/u/NewZealandLawStudent gives a good answer to this from 2 years ago
In regards to Magna Carta, the Magna Carta powers firmly depended on current monarchs power in relation to barons (the main beneficiaries of the Magna Carta).
By the time of the American war of Independence the British parliment had already: Killed one King (Charles I),
ruled as a republic (under Cromwell And his son briefly),
reinvited the monarchy back (Charles II),
invited a foreign invasion to overthrown yet another monarch (James II and VII replaced by joint monarchy of Willam I of Orange and Mary II).
Edited to add extra events parliament took extraordinary actions against monarchs.