ORIGINS OF DEMOCRACY

By: Gilberto Calderon

History Class
Ms. Khan

MAGNA CARTA
The magna carta is a document that protected the people rights. It was written
by noble s curtail the power of the king.

PERLIAMENT CREATED
The Parliament of England was the legislature of the Kingdom of England.
In 1066, William of Normandy introduced what, in later centuries, became
referred to as a feudal system, by which he sought the advice of a council of
tenants-in-chief (a person who held land) and ecclesiastics before making
laws. In 1215, the tenants-in-chief secured Magna Carta from King John,
which established that the king may not levy or collect any taxes (except the
feudal taxes to which they were hitherto accustomed), save with the consent
of his royal council, which gradually developed into a parliament.

THE PETITION OF RIGHTS

Petition of Right, 1628, a statement of civil liberties sent by the English
Parliament to Charles I. Refusal by Parliament to finance the king's unpopular
foreign policy had caused his government to exact forced loans and to
quarter troops in subjects' houses as an economy measure.

THE HABEAS CORPUS ACT

The Habeas Corpus Act 1679 is an Act of the Parliament of England
passed during the reign of King Charles II by what became known as the
Habeas Corpus Parliament to define and strengthen the ancient prerogative
writ of habeas corpus, a procedural device to force the courts to examine the
lawfulness of a prisoner's detention in order to safeguard individual liberty
and thus to prevent unlawful or arbitrary imprisonment.

THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION

The Glorious Revolution was when William of Orange took the English
throne from James II in 1688. The event brought a permanent realignment of
power within the English constitution.

TOLERATION ACT
The Maryland Toleration Act, also known as the Act Concerning Religion,
was a law mandating religious tolerance for Trinitarian Christians. Passed on
April 21, 1649, by the assembly of the Maryland colony, in St. Mary's City.

THE ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS

The Meaning and Definition of the English Bill of Rights: The 1689 English Bill of Rights was
a British Law, passed by the Parliament of Great Britain in 1689 that declared the rights and
liberties of the people and settling the succession in William and Mary following the Glorious
Revolution of 1688 when James II was overthrown.