How did the English Bill of Right affect English government?

Answer 1

• laws should not be dispensed with or suspended without the consent of Parliament;
• no taxes should be levied without the authority of Parliament;
• the right to petition the monarch should be without fear of retribution;
• no standing army may be maintained during peacetime without the consent of Parliament;
• subjects who are Protestants may bear arms for their defence as permitted by law;
• the election of members of Parliament should be free;
• the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in Parliament should not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament;
• excessive bail should not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted;
• jurors should be duly impannelled and returned and jurors in high treason trials should be freeholders;
• promises of fines or forfeitures before conviction are void;
• Parliaments should be held frequently

Answer 2

to prevent abuse of power by William and Mary and all future monarchs, Parliaments in 1689 drew up a list of provisions to which William and Mary had to agree. this document "The English Bill Of rights" prohibited a standing army in peacetime, except with the consent of parliment and required that all parliamentary elections be free. Our nation has built on changed and added to those ideas and institutions that the settlers brought here from England. still much in American Government and politics today is based on these early English ideas.

Answer 3

• laws should not be dispensed with or suspended without the consent of Parliament;
• no taxes should be levied without the authority of Parliament;
• the right to petition the monarch should be without fear of retribution;
• no standing army may be maintained during peacetime without the consent of Parliament;
• subjects who are Protestants may bear arms for their defence as permitted by law;
• the election of members of Parliament should be free;
• the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in Parliament should not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Parliament;
• excessive bail should not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment inflicted;
• jurors should be duly impannelled and returned and jurors in high treason trials should be freeholders;
• promises of fines or forfeitures before conviction are void;
• Parliaments should be held frequently

Answer 4

The English Bill of Rights established a constitutional monarchy in Great Britain, meaning that the monarchy can not rule without the consent of Parliament. It stated that members and Peers should have free speech in Parliament, that Parliament should be frequently summoned, there should be free elections, and laws can not be suspended or dispensed with without the consent of Parliament.

It prohibited cruel and unusual punishment.

Answer 5

It protected certain citizens' rights ( by Adriana Coyt Torres )