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Jun 15, 1215
Signing of the Magna Carta
It sets the precedence that no one being is above the law, including the king, that the rights of liberty and justice are equated for all. -
Nov 13, 1295
The Establishment of the Parliament
Beginning in 1295, all governmental avenues are now able to be checked on accountability on behalf of other directions. It set the way to which the government was to be run from then on. -
Nov 1, 1534
Supremacy Act
The country of England was now separate from the power of the Catholic Church. This resulted in the power of the English church being in the hands of Henry VIII. -
Establishment of the Petition of Right
The rights and liberties of the citizens were vastly expanded to include liberties that were directly expressed in order for them to be set as natural born rights. These cannot be affected by the king in any way. -
The Start of the English Civil War
A rising conflict between the Parliament and the monarch resulting in the overall power of the land. This led to the eleven period era where the country had no overall monarch. -
The Ending of the Glorious Revolution
A war that spilled no blood yet experienced a revolution as real as any other. King James II was overthrown by William of Orange and the allies that lied within the Parliament. -
Throne to William and Mary
The pair returned the Parliament back to the position of power it once was in. These rulers had the combined effort to implement limited monarchy alongside the reinstation of the once powerful check, the Parliament
