An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown
Whereas the late King James the Second, by the assistance of divers evil counsellors, judges and ministers employed by him, did endeavour to subvert and extirpate the Protestant religion and the laws and liberties of this kingdom;
By assuming and exercising a power of dispensing with and suspending of laws and the execution of laws without consent of Parliament;
By committing and prosecuting divers worthy prelates for humbly petitioning to be excused from concurring to the said assumed power;
By issuing and causing to be executed a commission under the great seal for erecting a court called the Court of Commissioners for Ecclesiastical Causes;
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Question
Use the passage to answer the question.
Which phrases in the English Bill of Rights convey how the writers feel about the king? Select the two correct answers.
(multiple choice)
Responses
“pursuant to their respective letters and elections”
“pursuant to their respective letters and elections”
“without consent of Parliament”
“without consent of Parliament”
“most serious consideration”
“most serious consideration”
“raising and keeping a standing army”
“raising and keeping a standing army”
“violating the freedom”
1 answer
The two correct answers that convey how the writers feel about the king in the English Bill of Rights are:
These phrases indicate the writers' objections to the king's actions that bypassed parliamentary consent and infringed upon the rights and liberties of the subjects.
