From Magna Carta to Queen Anne

  • 1215

    Magna Carta

    Barons, knights, clergy and townspeople asked King John to assure them more liberties
  • 1534

    Act of Supremacy

    Henry VIII was declared the supreme head of the church of England
  • 1549

    Act of Uniformity

    the Book of Common Prayer written by Thomas Cranmer, became compulsory
  • Petition of Rights

    It stated that the king could not imprison without trial or impose taxes without the consent of the Commons
  • Navigation Acts

    It gave monopoly of trade to British ships
  • Corporation Acts

    dissenters were excluded from public offices
  • Act of Uniformity

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

    England had to join France in a joint war against Holland
  • Test Act

    All public employees had to be conformed to the Church of England
  • Toleration Act

    more religious tolerance by granting freedom of worship to Protestants dissenters
  • Bill of Rights

    It re-enacted Magna Carta and Petition of Rights and that the king could levy taxes, raise an army and suspend laws onlw with parliament
  • Triennal Act

    It stated that the Parliament should last for three years
  • Act of Settlement

    Catholics were excluded from the throne
  • Act of Union

    The kingdom of England and Scotland was replaced by the United Kingdom of Great Britain
  • Treaty of Utrecht

    England received French possession in Canada, the monopoly of slave trade with Spanish America and France had to recognize the Protestant succession and expel the exiled Stuarts