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King John grants The Magna Carta
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Prince Louis of France (1187-1226) invades England and attracts substantial baronial support.
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king John Died suddenly in Newark from failing to recover from an attack of dysentery
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Henry III, who has come of age, issues a substantially revised version of Magna Carta under his own great seal.
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Edward I confirms Henry III's 1225 version of Magna Carta: this text is subsequently placed on the first statute
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Sir Edward Coke Intitiated the Petition Of Right.It was a statement of liberties sent by parliament to Charles I and was conceded by the king in return for great taxation
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Parliment passed the Habeas Corpus Act that stregthened the ancient writ of the Haebeas Corpus which inturn protects people from being detained without legal authority
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The Bill Of Rights were passed by Parliament.It sets out the civil and political rights of the people when the time of accession came for William and Mary.
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The Second Continental Congress formally Declared the separation of the 13 colonies from Great Britain Through The Declaration of Independence