British Tradition

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British Tradition

• Divine Right

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Magna Carta 1215
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• Parliament (13th century)
• 2 houses
• power of the purse

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• Long Parliament/Civil War
• (1640-1653)
• Civil War between crown and roundheads
• King cant dissolve Parliament
• Parliament must meet at least every three years
• King Charles I was executed in 1649

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• Glorious Revolution (1688)
• James I overthrown
• William and Mary invited to be King and Queen

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Bill of Rights (1689)

• King couldnt maintain a standing army during
  peacetime
• People had the right to petition the king