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What rights were granted to English citizens in the English bill of rights?
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∙ 11y ago
The Bill of Rights[1] or the Bill of Rights 1688[2] is an Act of the Parliament of England passed on 16 December 1689.[3] It was a restatement in statutory form of the Declaration of Right presented by the Convention Parliament to William and Mary in March 1689 (or 1688 by Old Style dating), inviting them to become joint sovereigns of England. It lays down limits on the powers of sovereign and sets out the rights of Parliament and rules for freedom of speech in Parliament, the requirement to regular elections to Parliament and the right to petition the monarch without fear of retribution. It reestablished the liberty of Protestants to have arms for their defence within the rule of law, and condemned James II of England for "causing several good subjects being Protestants to be disarmed at the same time when papists were both armed and employed contrary to law".
These ideas about rights reflected those of the political thinker john Locke and they quickly became popular in England. It also sets out-or, in the view of its drafters, restates-certain constitutional requirements of the Crown to seek the consent of the people, as represented in Parliament.
Along with the Act of Settlement (1700 or 1701), the Bill of Rights is still in effect. It is one of the main constitutional laws governing the succession to the throne of the United Kingdom and-following British colonialism, the resultant doctrine of reception, and independence-to the thrones of those other Commonwealth realms, by willing deference to the Act as a British statute or as a patriated part of the particular realm's constitution.[4] Since the implementation of the Statute of Westminster 1931 in each of the Commonwealth realms (on successive dates from 1931 onwards) the Bill of Rights cannot be altered in any realm except by that realm's own parliament, and then, by convention, and as it touches on the succession to the shared throne, only with the consent of all the other realms.[5]
In the United Kingdom, the Bill of Rights is further accompanied by the Magna Carta, the Petition of Right, Habeas Corpus Act 1679 and Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 as some of the basic documents of the uncodified British constitution.[6] A separate but similar document, the Claim of Right Act, applies in Scotland. The Bill of Rights (1688 or 1689) was one of the inspirations for the United States Bill of Rights.[7]
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 11y agoThe English Bill of Rights gave Parliament the right to choose the leader; the ruler had to obey parliamentary laws and could not suspend them; the ruler could not interfere with the election of members. The English Bill of Rights also guaranteed free speech for its members, gave Parliament relief from injustice, and freed them from paying unduly high bail or facing cruel and unusual punishment.
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∙ 9y agoThe right to bear arms, freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and the right to search with a warrant.
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For the diagram “freedom to petition the government >> __ >>> right to a fair trail”
answer: Protection from cruel punishments - ap3xx
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∙ 14y agoMagna Carta
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Free speech for members of parliament
Freedom to petition the government
Protection from cruel punishments
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Free speech for members of Parliament
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What protected the rights of English citizens and became the basis for the American Bill of Rights.?
The document that protected the rights of English citizens and was the basis for the American Bill of Rights was the Bill of Rights.
The protected the rights of English citizens and became the basis for the American bill of right?
The document that protected the rights of English citizens and was the basis for the American Bill of Rights was the Bill of Rights.
Why was the English bill of rights important to the citizens?
The English Bill of Rights was important to English citizens because it enumerates certain rights to which subjectsand perminant residants of a constitutional monarchy were thought to be entitled in the late 17th century.
What did the English bill rights provide?
it gave english citizens representation in their government
Why was the English bill of right important to English citizens?
The English Bill of Rights was important to English citizens because it enumerates certain rights to which subjectsand perminant residants of a constitutional monarchy were thought to be entitled in the late 17th century.
Why was the English bill of rights important to the English citizens?
The English Bill of Rights are so important because they protect our freedoms and liberties from the government. If there were no Bill of Rights, then the government would do whatever they wanted with America.
What was importance of the English bill of rights?
Guaranteed certain inalienable rights to citizens in England and was the model for the American Bill of Rights. GO AWAY
What was the agreement signed by William and Mary to respect the rights of English citizens and of parliament with the right free election?
The English Bill of Rights
What established the rights of citizens?
The Bill of Rights.
Where is the citizens rights?
in the bill of rights
Individual rights of American citizens are contained in what?
The Bill of Rights has the rights of citizens.
What political rights had England citizen won by 1688?
English Bill of Rights
