The English monarch signed a Bill of Rights
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The Glorious Revolution, American Revolution, and French Revolution all challenged the institutions that shaped the political structure of the world, each attempting to establish democratic principles of government, including limiting the power of the government and extending rights to the governed. Although each revolution occurred in a different time and place, all three were based on the ideas that government derives its power from the people it governs and government exists to protect its citizens who have certain rights that cannot be denied.
The English 1689 Bill of Rights and the Magna Carta, signed in 1215.
1689
It was called the Bill of Rights passed on the 16 December 1689.
Virginia's Declaration of Rights was the example used to draft the United States first Bill of Rights. George Mason drafted this early Virginia document.