Parliament was protesting the idea that people could petition the monarch directly. The Petition of Right set out to define specific liberties of a subject that the king expressly could not infringe upon.
Petition of Right
To draw up a petition to the king protesting the stamp act. The petition declared that the right to tax the colonies belonged to the colonial assemblies, not to parliament.
petition of right, because it has to do with the prohibition of tax.
g.bush
The petition challenged the idea of the divine right of kings, declaring that even a monarch must obey the law of the land.
i believe it was Charles I of England
educate their children in church schools or at home.
right
The Magna Carta was the actual answer, Anonymous was right.
Parilament
The Petition of Right is a major English constitutional document. This document sets out specific liberties of the subject that the king is prohibited from infringing.
The Magna Carta, the Petition of Right, and the Bill of Rights.