Passage of the Employment act of 1946.
Everyone was starving instead of the royalty. tax collecters took money from peasents
From the 1700s to around the civil war
The Petition of Right (1628), sought recognition of 4 principles: no taxation without the consent of Parliament, no imprisonment without cause, no quartering of soldiers on subjects, and no martial law in peacetime.
And even though Charles I signed it, primarily because he had no choice if he wanted to keep receiving the parliament's subsidies for his policies, he later ignored the Petition and continued to govern without the advice and consent of Parliament, levying of tonnage and poundage, imprisoning people without a valid cause, etc.
