Question

Which rights were granted to many citizens in the English Bill of Rights? Select three optons.

right to trial by jury
right to suspend laws
protection and equal rights for all religions
protection from cruel and unusual punishment
right to bear arms

Answer 1

- right to trial by jury
- protection from cruel and unusual punishment
- right to bear arms

(Note: the right to bear arms in the English Bill of Rights applied mainly to Protestant subjects; the Bill forbade the monarch from suspending laws and did not grant equal rights to all religions.)