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Exercise 2: The English Bill of Rights (Questions 1, 2&3)
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After successfully completing this assignment, you should be able to
1.
Summarize the protections that the English Bill of Rights provides Parliament and the people.
2.
Analyze the significance of the changes to English government.
3.
Compare the document to the American Bill of Rights.
4.
Present your findings clearly and concisely in class discussion or as a brief written paper
1.
What are the main rights and protections that the English Bill of Rights gives Parliament and the people? What
royal abuses from the reigns of the Stuarts was this Bill intended to prevent in the future?
2.
What authority is making this decree of rights? What role does religion play in the Bill?
3. Compare this document to the Bill of Rights of the United States. How many of the 10 amendments in the U.S.
document have an equivalent in the British one? What are the major differences between these two documents?