United KingdomHistory 80 · History
What did the Bill of Rights of 1689 do?
- aIt confirmed the rights of Parliament and the limits of the monarch's powerCorrect answer
- bIt gave all adults the right to vote
- cIt made the monarch head of the Church of England for the first time
- dIt united England and Scotland into one kingdom
Why?
The Bill of Rights limited the king's power and confirmed Parliament's rights; it also said the monarch must be a Protestant. The monarch had already been head of the Church of England since Henry VIII, and England and Scotland were united only in 1707.
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