Question

Which best describes the English Bill of Rights? A. It guaranteed the English people freedom of religion. B. It gave landowners in England the right to elect the king. C. It made the king a symbolic ruler with no actual power. D. It said that a king needed Parliament’s permission to set aside laws, maintain an army in peacetime, or tax people.

Answer 1

D. It said that a king needed Parliament’s permission to set aside laws, maintain an army in peacetime, or tax people.

The English Bill of Rights (1689) was a charter drafted by the Parliament and directed to the King and Queen of the time (William III and Mary II). Its aim was to establish certain rights to the people, the parliament and the monarch, aiming to limit the government's power.

In general, the Bill of Rights limited the powers of the King and Queen to the law, guaranteed people certain individual rights and gave more power to the Parliament in the reign's decisions, for example, the king now needed the Parliament's consent to set aside laws, maintain an army in peacetime and collect taxes.

Answer 2

The answer to your question on the bill of rights would be D