Petition of Right
June 7, 1628
Parliament forced Charles I to accept a document prohibiting taxation without consent, arbitrary imprisonment, martial law in peacetime, and the billeting of troops on civilians. Charles signed under duress and soon violated every clause. The Petition would be cited for centuries as a charter of English liberty, standing alongside Magna Carta as a foundation of constitutional government.
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Era
Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.
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