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  • 1215

    Magna Carta

    A charter demanding specific liberties. First, as a document of historical and legal significance; and secondly, as a principle underlying how we live, through equality under the rule of law
  • 1534

    The Act of Supremacy

    Henry was declare ‘the Supreme Head of the Church of England’
  • 1549

    The Act of Uniformity

    The book of Common Prayer, prepared by the Archbishop of Canterbury, became compulsory
  • The Petition of Right

    It said that the king not imprison without trial or impose taxes without the consent of the Common
  • The restoration of the monarchy

  • The Corporation Act

    It excluded the dissenters from public offices
  • The Act of Uniformity

    It imposed the use of the Book of Common Prayer
  • The Treaty of Dover

    To prepare for a join war against Holland. This also contained a secret agreement that would restored Britain to Catholicism
  • The Test Act

    It required all public employees to conform to the Church of England
  • The Toleration Act

    It introduced more religious tolerance by granting freedom of worship to dissenting Protestants but excluded Catholics and Unitarians.
  • The Bill of Rights

    It re-enacted freedoms that had been stated by Magna Carta and Petition of Rights. It established that the king could levy taxes, raise an army and suspend laws only with parliamentary consent.
  • The Triennial Act

    It assert that Parliament would last for three years.
  • The Act of Settlement

    It excluded Catholics from throne and declared that Anne and her heirs would succeed William.
  • The Act of Union

    England, Scotland and Wales had only Parliament in Westminster. Ireland remained a separate kingdom with its own Parliament.
  • The Treaty of Utrecht

    England was involved against France. It demanded the France to recognise the Protestant succession and expel the exiled Stuarts. It gave England the French possessions in Canada and the monopoly of the slave trade with Spanish America