What stimulated Parliament’s independence from the monarchy and protected certain of Parliament’s rights, such as the right to freedom of speech, the right to regular elections, the right to petition the king, trial by jury and habeas corpus (the requirement that authorities bring an imprisoned person before a court to demonstrate the cause of the imprisonment)?
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Which of the following countries became a global power follo…
Which of the following countries became a global power following the French and Indian War?
What was it called when customs officials were empowered wit…
What was it called when customs officials were empowered with warrants to board and search vessels suspected of containing smuggled goods?
Between 1672 and 1713, the Royal African Company bought 125,…
Between 1672 and 1713, the Royal African Company bought 125,000 captives on the African coast, losing 20 percent of them to death on the__________, the journey from the African coast to the Americas.
What was the name given to he conflict between the British a…
What was the name given to he conflict between the British and American colonist fighting the French and it’s Native America allies over dominance in western Pennsylvania or the Ohio River Valley (Called the Seven Years War in Europe)?
An increased supply of consumer goods from England that beca…
An increased supply of consumer goods from England that became available in the eighteenth century led to a phenomenon called the
During the eighteenth century, the British Atlantic experien…
During the eighteenth century, the British Atlantic experienced an outburst of Protestant revivalism where evangelists came from the ranks of several Protestant denominations: Congregationalists, Anglicans (members of the Church of England), and Presbyterians was known as
Which colony was created in 1681 when Charles II bestowed th…
Which colony was created in 1681 when Charles II bestowed the largest proprietary colony in the Americas on William Penn to settle the large debt he owed the Penn family?
During the eighteenth century, the British Atlantic experien…
During the eighteenth century, the British Atlantic experienced an outburst of Protestant revivalism where evangelists came from the ranks of several Protestant denominations: Congregationalists, Anglicans (members of the Church of England), and Presbyterians was known as
In 1660, Parliament welcomed the son of the executed king Ch…
In 1660, Parliament welcomed the son of the executed king Charles I, Charles II, back to the throne to resume the English monarchy and bring the interregnum to an end in what was known as