Because "<span>the newly independent former colonies were beset with a wide array of foreign and domestic problems."</span>
The Petition of Right of 1628 contained four main points:
-No taxes could be levied without Parliament's consent
-No English subject could be imprisoned without cause - thus reinforcing the right of habeas corpus
-No quartering of soldiers in citizens homes
-No martial law may be used in peacetime
It shows them that exact year in which certain things happen
