LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS
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The Petition of Right attempted to limit the power of Charles I.
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The Petition of Right protested unfair Puritan laws.
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The Petition of Right provided economic freedoms to England’s colonies.
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The Petition of Right guaranteed the freedom of religion.
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Detailed explanation-1: -As a precondition to granting any future taxes, in 1628 Parliament forced the King to assent to the Petition of Right. This asked for a settlement of Parliament’s complaints against the King’s non-parliamentary taxation and imprisonments without trial, plus the unlawfulness of martial law and forced billets.
Detailed explanation-2: -In 1628 the House of Commons drafted this petition proclaiming, among other things, the illegality of taxation without parliamentary consent and of arbitrary imprisonment. Although Charles accepted this curtailment of the royal prerogative and the petition became an Act, he refused to admit that these were new rights.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Petition of Right influenced American government by pushing for commoners’ voice to be heard in the government. This petition stated that there should not be martial law in peacetime, no taxation without the parliament’s knowledge, and no imprisonment without reason.
Detailed explanation-4: -The petition sought recognition of four principles: no taxation without the consent of Parliament, no imprisonment without cause, no quartering of soldiers on subjects, and no martial law in peacetime.
Detailed explanation-5: -A more simple definition of the right to petition, is “the right to present requests to the government without punishment or reprisal. This right is guaranteed in the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution” (History Central, 1).