"The purpose is to legally establish the sovereignty of Parliament. In particular to establish that the monarch cannot levy taxes, raise an army, run their own courts or hold elections. Only Parliament can do those things."
The Bill of Rights is a legal document passed by the Parliament of England in 1689 that formed the basis for a democratic parliamentary monarchy in that country.
After the death of Olivier Cromwell in 1658, who had declared England a republic, kingship was restored under Charles II, but relations between king and parliament remained tense. Royal arbitrariness was curtailed by the Habeas Corpus Act of 1679, whereby no one could be detained without a court order. When King James II seemed to want to reintroduce Catholicism, Parliament contacted his son-in-law, the Dutch governor William III. The kingship was offered to him and his wife Mary. After William's arrival in 1688, James fled abroad; this nonviolent coup was called the Glorious Revolution. After the coronation of the Dutch stadholder and his wife, they were forced to recognize the Bill of Rights, which listed the freedoms of the people and Parliament. Together with the Magna Carta from 1215, the Bill of Rights formed the basis for English democracy.
Women and minorities were given fair chances in the Military and the common workplace. Women began working in factories and minorities helped serve their country.
The Golden Age of China is thought to have been the time of Tang dynasty, between the years 618 and 907. It was a time of reforms and development in art, literature, architecture and others areas.
