ORIGINS OF DEMOCRACY

BY;:ALEXIS KIZZEE

THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION

THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION ULTIMATELY ESTABLISHED THE SUPREMACY OF
PARLIAMENT OVER THE BRITISH MONARCHY.
THE BLOODLESS OVERTHROW OF JAMES II [WHO HAD INHERITED THE
THRONE FROM HIS BROTHER, CHARLES II AND THE INSTALLATION OF
WILLIAM AND MARY AS MONARCHS 1688

MAGNA CARTA
THE MAGNA CARTA IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS IN
HISTORY. IT GUARANTEED THE PEOPLE CERTAIN RIGHTS, AND BOUND THE
KING TO CERTAIN LAWS
THE MAGNA CARTA, OR GREAT CHARTER, WAS CREATED IN 1215 IN
ENGLAND. (A LIST OF FEUDAL RIGHTS THAT LIMITED THE POWER OF KING
JOHN DURING THE MIDDLE AGES 1215

THE PETITION OF RIGHT

PROHIBITED CHARLES I FROM RAISING TAXES WITHOUT PARLIAMENTS
CONSENT OR JAILING ANYONE WITHOUT LEGAL JUSTIFICATION 1628
THE PETITION OF RIGHT IS A MAJOR ENGLISH CONSTITUTIONAL
DOCUMENT THAT SETS OUT SPECIFIC LIBERTIES OF THE SUBJECT THAT THE
KING IS PROHIBITED FROM INFRINGING.

THE ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS

BEFORE THEY COULD BE CROWNED, PARLIAMENT HAD WILLIAM AND MARY
AGREE TO ACCEPT THESE ACTS THAT ENSURED THE SUPERIORITY OF
PARLIAMENT OVER THE MONARCHY. 1689
IN 1689 PARLIAMENT PASSED THE ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS THAT STATED
-PARLIAMENT HAD TO APPROVE ALL TAXES
-KING WAS NOT ALLOWED TO STOP PARLIAMENT
- A PERSON ACCUSED OF A CRIME HAD RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL

REBELLION AND REVOLT

THE KINGS INITIAL PROMISES TO DEFEND THE EXISTING GOVERNMENT IN
CHURCH AND STATE REASSURED MANY OF THOSE WORRIED BY HIS
PERSONAL FAITH.

DUTCH INVASION
THE NOBLES ARE TRYING TO CONVINCE THE DUTCH
HELP OVERTHROW.

LEADER TO COME AND

THEY DO NT LIKE THEIR KING BECAUSE HE IS TOO CONTOLLING AND

PUSHING HIS CATHOLIC WAYS ONTO THEM