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Charter demanding specific liberties; a document of historical and legal significance and a principle underlying how we live, through equality and liberty. -
In 1534 Parliament passed the Act of Supremacy which defined the right of Henry VIII to be supreme head on earth of the Church of England -
The book of Common Prayer became compulsory -
It established that the king could not imprison anyone or impose high taxes without the consent of Parliament -
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It excluded the dissenters from public offices -
It imposed the use of the Book of Common Prayer -
The moral aims of this treaty were:
1. The Britain restoration to Catholicism
2. The preparation for a war against Holland -
It required all public employees to conform to the Church of England -
It introduced more religious tolerance and excluded Catholics and Unitarians. -
It re-enacted freedom that had been stated by Magna Carta and The Petition of Rights (the king could not imprison anyone or impose high taxes without the consent of the Parliament)
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Parliament should last for 3 years -
It excluded Catholics from the throne and declared that Anne and her heirs would succeed William -
England, Scotland and Wales had only one Parliament in Westminster (London) and Ireland was excluded. -
England was involved against France. It required the French to recognise the Protestant succession and expel the exiled Stuart.
It gave England the French possessions in Canada and the monopoly of the slave trade with Spanish America.
