English Quest for Self Government

Magna Carta

• 1215• King is not above the

law

Petition of Right

• 1628

• King must get Parliament’s permission to raise taxes

English Civil War

• 1642

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

The Commonwealth

• 1649-1660

• Parliament rules England without an hereditary monarch.

Writ of Habeas Corpus

• 1679

• A right to be brought before a court to hear the charges.

Glorious Revolution

• 1688

• Parliament chooses the new monarchs

• William and Mary

The Bill of Rights (English)

• 1689• The rights of citizens

of England are added to English Law

English Constitutional Monarchy

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

• 1701

The Reform Bill(s)

• The right to vote is extended to the Middle Class

• 1832,1867,

1884