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Title: English Quest for Self Government


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English Quest for Self Government
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Magna Carta
  • 1215
  • King is not above the law

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Petition of Right
  • 1628
  • King must get Parliaments permission to raise
    taxes

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English Civil War
  • 1642
  • Parliament and King Charles I fight to determine
    who is the authority in England.

5
The Commonwealth
  • 1649-1660
  • Parliament rules England without an hereditary
    monarch.

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Writ of Habeas Corpus
  • 1679
  • A right to be brought before a court to hear the
    charges.

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Glorious Revolution
  • 1688
  • Parliament chooses the new monarchs
  • William and Mary

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The Bill of Rights (English)
  • 1689
  • The rights of citizens of England are added to
    English Law

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English Constitutional Monarchy
  • While the monarch still reigns in England, Prime
    Minister and Cabinet (parliament) rules the
    country.
  • 1701

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The Reform Bill(s)
  • The right to vote is extended to the Middle Class
  • 1832,1867,
  • 1884
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