The development of British democratic institutions from Magna Carta to Queen Anne's reign
By Ginevra0000
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1215
Magna Carta
a charter demanding specific liberties -
1295
Model Parliament
a council made up of barons, clergy, knights and representatives of the towns; was the England's first Parliament -
1534
Act of Supremancy
stated that Henry VIII was declared "the Supreme Head of Church of England" -
1549
Book of Common Prayer
prepared by the Archibishop of Canterbury, became compulsory with the Act of Uniformity -
1559
Reformation
Elizabeth consolid the reformation by re-introducing the Acts of Supremacy and Uniformity -
Petition of Right
stated that the king could not imprison without trial or impose taxes without the consent of the Commons; became the foundation of all later declarations of civil rights -
Short and Long Parliament
the king was forced to summon the so-called Short Parliament; in the same year was elected a new Parliament, the so-called Long Parliament. It reflected the change in wealth that had taken place in Tudor period with a shift from the medieval Church and the landed aristocracy to a rising middle class of small landowners, city merchants and the professions -
Rump Parliament
abolished the monarchy and declared a republic, the "Commonwealth" -
Navigation Act
which giving a sort of monopoly of trade to British ships -
Corporation Act
that excluded the dissenters from public offices -
Act of Uniformity
which imposed the use of Book of Common Prayer -
Treaty of Dover
the aims were join war against Holland and restore Britain to Catholicism -
Test Act
which required all public employees to conform to the Church of England -
Toleraction Act
introduced more religious tolerance by granting freedom of workship to dissenting Protestants but excluded Catholics and Unitarians -
Bill of Rights and the Petition of Right
the Bill of Rights re-enacted freedoms that had been stated by Magna Carta and the Petition of Right, and it established that the king could levy taxes, raise an army and suspend laws only with parlamentary vonsent -
Triennial Act
a Triennial Act asserted that Parliament should last for three years -
Act of Settlement
which excluded Catholics from the throne and declared that Anne and her heirs would succed William. -
Act of Union
was passed by which the kingdom of England and Scotland, was replaced by the United Kingdom of Great Britain with a single Parliament in Westminster -
Treaty of Utrecht
was signed with France at the end of the War of the Spanish Succesion, in which England was involved against France
