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.

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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