Create an annotated and illustrative timeline highlighting significant events in English history from the late 1100s (common law) to 1688 the English Bill of Rights. It should trace how the relationship between the English Parliament and its rulers has changed. (11 Total Events)
The timeline should include:
Your own creative title (example: England’s battle for Democracy”)
Each event in its correct sequence on the timeline.
A brief description highlighting:
The events leader
Significance of the event
Its influence and/or contribution to England’s Democratic tradition
1066 (Beginnings of democratic traditions)
1. Henry II (1154-1189) Jury Trials & Common Law
2. King John I Magna Cara 1215 (Due Process of Law)
3. King Edward Establishment of Parliament/Model Parliament 1295
4. Charles I Petition of Right 1628
5. Charles I English Civil War (English Revolution) 1642-49
6. Cromwells- Commonwealth 1649-1653
7. Charles II Restoration 1660-85
8. Charles II (Parliament) Habeas Corpus 1679
9. Parliament dismissed 1681 by James II
10. William and Mary Glorious Revolution 1688
11. English Bill of Rights 1688 William of Orange (Constitutional Monarchy)
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