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It is still one of the most important documents of the English constitution as it is the first in which specific freedoms and liberties are requested and granted by citizens. It was signed in Runnymede by King John Lackland or Softsword. -
It was a kind of undeniable law in which Henry VIII (second Tudor King of England) was declared "the Supreme Head of the Church of England"; so, the religious power goes into the hands of the king. -
The Book of Common Prayer became compulsory. -
Elizabeth I re-established Protestantism after Mary I's Catholic reign; so, she re-introduced the Acts of Supremacy and Uniformity. -
It was introduced by the Commons during Charles I's absolutist reign; it established that the king could not imprison without trial or impose taxes without the Commons' consent. -
During Charles II's reign; 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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Treaty signed by Charles II in preparation for a joint war against Holland; it also contained a secret agreement to bring Catholicism back to Britain. -
It imposed that all public employees had to conform to the Church of England.
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It was introduced during the Glorious Revolution; it allowed more religious tolerance by granting freedom of worship.
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It re-enacted freedom already stated by Magna Carta and the Petition of Right, and also stated that the king could not levy taxes, raise an army and suspend laws without parliamentary consent. -
It said parliament should last three years. -
Act passed by the Parliament; it excluded Catholics from the throne and declared Anne (James II's second daughter) and her heirs William III's successors. -
The James I's kingdom of England and Scotland became the United Kingdom of Great Britain with a single Parliament in Westminster. -
It was signed with France after the War of the Spanish Succession, in which England was involved against France, and it required the French to recognize the Protestant succession and expel the exiled Stuarts.
