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1.2 Democracy Develops in
England
Belief that the power of a king is given to him by
God. No one is above the king, he answers to
no one.
The monarch has total (or absolute)
control of government and society.
• Where?
– England
• When?
– 1215
• What Caused It?
– King John needed money to pay for a war so he taxed all the English nobles. Needless to say, the nobles were outraged and rebelled.
Nobles made a list of demands to King John and
he signed the document, called
THE MAGNA CARTA
1. DUE PROCESS OF LAW: Meaning the King
must respect legal rights such as:
– No freeman can be unfairly imprisoned.
– Freemen have the right to a trial by jury.
– King cannot tax without the people’s consent.
2. The King must follow the laws of the land.
– EVERYBODY was subject to the law.
“NO Freeman shall be taken or imprisoned, or be
disseised of his Freehold, or Liberties, or free Customs,
or be outlawed, or exiled, or any other wise
destroyed; nor will We not pass upon him, nor
condemn him, but by lawful judgment of his Peers, or
by the Law of the land. We will sell to no man, we
will not deny or defer to any man either Justice or
Right."
3. First document that greatly limited the power
of the Monarch and power was given to the
people.
King James II was
unpopular because he
was Catholic and he
appointed Catholics
to high positions.
When his wife gave
birth to a son, they
feared a line of
Catholic kings.
…
Members of Parliament
plotted to overthrow
King James II and put
his daughter, Mary, a
Protestant, in power.
Mary and William, her husband, overthrew King
James in a bloodless revolution called the
Glorious Revolution (1689) and became the
new king and queen.
Mary and William signed the English Bill of Rights
in return for the revolution. Never again would
there be an absolute monarch.
1. Converted England to a Constitutional
Monarchy. Powers of the King and Queen are
restricted by a constitution and its laws.
PARLIAMENT
(People make laws and
make governmental
decisions)
MONARCHY
(Power is limited by the laws)
SHARE POWER
2. It gave English
citizens basic rights
such as:
• Freedom of speech
• No taxation without
authorization
• Right to bear arms
(protestants only)
3. Parliament is given additional powers. They
can create laws and control secession, as
opposed to hereditary rule.
In this case, England, who governed
the government? Why?
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