what does this mean?

Question

Englands legacy-

Englands glorious revolution and the bill of rights that it produced had a great impact. English citizens were guaranteed the rule of law, perliamentary government, individual liberties, and a constitutional monarchy. This completed a process begun with the magna Carta. The Bill of Rights also set an example for england's American Colonists when they considered grievances against Britain nearly 100 years later. These Precedents, along with the ideas of the Enlightenment, would give rise to democratic revolutions in America and France in the late 18th century.

thats what is in my history book ...i don't get it-at all..the vocab is way to high for me..haha..can you summerize it so its easier to understand?? thank you!

Answer 1

At the time of Magna Carta (1215) was a formal agreement between the Barons and King as to defining and protecting individual rights. This was based, by the way, on the preceding generations of Celtic Village Law so it was not newly created, just formalized.

Each of the things you mentioned was another step on the long road of continued evolution of those rights and the expanding of them to increasing numbers of people.

These rights came to the new world with immigrants and when they believed they were losing them, they enforced them through a revolution.

While there are some few similarities, the English Bill of Rights (1689) and the Bill of Rights (1791) amended to the Constitution of the United States are not the same. In addition to differing content the purposes were different. The English Bill of Rights was in truth a listing of Rights. The American Bill of Rights (attached to the Constitution of the United States not those as part of State Constitutions) is comprised of two different types of amendments. The first 8 are exclusionary in that they exclude the federal government from specific acts. The final 2 are declarative universal truths applicable at all times in all places.

By the way, I must say that I don't related to your not understanding this with the original documents because they are written in basic easy to understand English. I don't know what grade you are in, but with all due respect, I suggest that you take additional courses in language usage and literature.

Answer 2

It basicly says that earlier events in English history set the stage for the Age of Enlightment (Early 1700's when people started to think about humanity, religion, democracy, and such) and the American Revolution which was followed by TONS of new world order, like the French Revoultion(s), and Russian Revolution(s). The Magna Carta said that the king did not have complete control anymore (it was signed by John of England, or John the Worst from Robin Hood) and parlament had quiet a few powers the king couldn't have anymore. The American Revoultion was orgionally for the rights of an Englishman gaurrented by the Virginia Company and even more so by the consitution. Basicly, it saying that a lot happend in England that still has some mega power over all of the inhabientants of the world today. I hoped I helped and didn't make it to long or boring.

Answer 3

The bill of rights was just a list of things that America knew we needed to be successful and not fail like some other countries. We followed England's example of parliament. That's the best I can do. hope it helps!

Answer 4

What it basically states is that the english revolution and the political papers that came from it were the outline for what the american political papers would become. So the english bill of rights is almost identical to the American bill of rights.

Answer 5

The Vocab is not to high for you, you just don't know it yet