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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
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Henry was declare ‘the Supreme Head of the Church of England’
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The book of Common Prayer, prepared by the Archbishop of Canterbury, became compulsory
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It said that the king not imprison without trial or impose taxes without the consent of the Common
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It excluded the dissenters from public offices
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It imposed the use of the Book of Common Prayer
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To prepare for a join war against Holland. This also contained a secret agreement that would restored Britain to Catholicism
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It required all public employees to conform to the Church of England
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It introduced more religious tolerance by granting freedom of worship to dissenting Protestants but excluded Catholics and Unitarians.
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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.
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It assert that Parliament would last for three years.
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It excluded Catholics from throne and declared that Anne and her heirs would succeed William.
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England, Scotland and Wales had only Parliament in Westminster. Ireland remained a separate kingdom with its own Parliament.
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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