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3 giorni fa · The Bill of Rights quickly took its place as a foundation of English constitutionalism and exercised great influence in the British North American colonies during their war for independence. “The Bill of Rights, 1689,” 1689, Liberty, Equality, Fraternity.
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5 giorni fa · Toleration Act, (May 24, 1689), act of Parliament granting freedom of worship to Nonconformists (i.e., dissenting Protestants such as Baptists and Congregationalists). It was one of a series of measures that firmly established the Glorious Revolution (1688–89) in England.
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5 giorni fa · 1688 or 1689? The Bill of Rights is assigned to the year 1688 on legislation.gov.uk (as it was previously in successive official editions of the revised statutes from which the online version is derived) although the Act received Royal Assent on 16th December 1689.
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3 giorni fa · The 1689 Toleration Act granted England’s Protestant dissenting ministers legal protection to erect meeting houses and to worship outside of the Church of England if they qualified by swearing the oath of allegiance to King William III and Queen Mary, and by subscribing to 36 articles within the Church’s doctrinal standard, the Thirty-Nine Articles.
5 giorni fa · The 1689 toleration act was indeed an important landmark in the struggle to achieve religious toleration. The book begins with a definition of the broad concept of toleration itself. 'Those who tolerate', Coffey argues, 'disapprove of an opinion, act, or lifestyle, and yet choose to exercise restraint towards it' (p. 10).
5 giorni fa · English Bill of Rights (1689) Established principles later reflected and built upon in the US Bill of Rights, including of frequent Parliaments, free elections, freedom of speech (within Parliament), right to bear arms, prohibition of excessive bail and cruel/unusual punishment, etc. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sazv35uzHKU
2 giorni fa · Following the installation of William III and Mary II as co-monarchs in the Glorious Revolution, the Bill of Rights 1689, and its Scottish counterpart the Claim of Right Act 1689, further curtailed the power of the monarchy and excluded Roman Catholics from succession to the throne.
