ORIGINS OF DEMOCRACY

BY: JAVIER CORRALES

THE MAGNA CARTA- 1215

THE MAGNA CARTA IS A DOCUMENT SIGHED

BY KING JOHN
IT PUT LIMITATIONS ON THE KING TO PROTECT
THE PEOPLE

SUCCESSION OF JAMES II- 1685

WHEN KING CHARLES II DIED KING JAMES II TOOK
HIS PLACE
MANY DID NOT WANT JAMES AS KING DUE TO HIS
BELIEFS

REPEAL OF THE TEST ACTS- 1686

WHEN PARLIAMENT DID NOT ALLOW KING JAMES II
TO REPEAL THE TEST ACTS HE PROROGUED THEM
IN ORDER TO GET HIS WAY
THE TEST ACTS WHERE THE ACTS THAT SAID YOU
HAD TO TAKE THE EUCHARIST OR YOU WOULD NOT
BE ABLE TO HOLD PUBLIC OFFICE.

DECLARATION OF INDULGENCE- 1687

SUSPENDED ALL THE RELIGIOUS PENAL LAW

PUT IN PLACE BY KING JAMES II TO SPIKE FEAR INTO
HIS SUBJECTS

THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION- 1688-1689

THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION HAPPENED WHEN
WILLIAM WAS ELECTED KING AND THE SYSTEM
CHANGES TO A CONSTITUTIONAL MONARCHY
IT IS REFERRED TO AS GLORIOUS BECAUSE THERE
WAS ALMOST NO BLOODSHED

THE BILL OF RIGHTS-1689

WHEN A NEW PARLIAMENT KNOWN AS THE

CONVENTION PARLIAMENT FIRST MET THEY CREATED
THIS BILL OF RIGHTS TO COVER PROTECTION FOR
CERTAIN ANCIENT RIGHTS AND LIBERTIES

THE US BILL OF RIGHTS

THE US BILL OF RIGHTS IS THE DOCUMENT THAT LIMITS
FEDERAL POWER AND GUARANTEES CITIZENS THE
RIGHTS LISTED IN THE DOCUMENTS
IT COVERS THE 10 AMENDMENTS UNLIKE THE ENGLISH
VERSION THAT COVERS THEIR ANCIENT RIGHTS AND
LIBERTIES