English_Bill_Of_RIghts

English Bill Of RIghts English Bill of Rights The English Bill of Rights set out strict limits on the Royal Family's legal privileges. It strictly prohibited the arbitrary suspension of Parliament's laws. More importantly, it limited the right to raise money through taxation to Parliament. The English elite had greatly offended the protestant Church of England when they began promoting the Roman Catholic religion, in spite of laws that Parliament had passed. Soon after William of Orange and his wife Mary were crowned King and Queen of England. (Mary was actually the daughter of the deposed King James II) in Westminster Abbey on April 11, 1689. As part of their oaths, the new King William III and Queen Mary were required to swear that they would obey the laws of Parliament. The Bill was completely parliament, laws, king, bill, mary, william, rights, queen, passed, english, 1689, toleration, through, three, royal, right, revolution, kings, held, england, after, act, years, wife, westminster, very, two, triennial, time, taxation, swear, suspension, subject, strictly, strict, spite, set, roman, rights the, required, represented, religious, religion, raise, queens, protestant, promoting, promoted, prohibited, privileges