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What did the 1689 Declaration of Rights become modified into?
Bill of Rights
What did the Bill of Rights demand?
Regular free elections
Forbade raising an army in peacetime (absolutism)
Took control of the military
Restated past constitutions
What did the mutiny acts from 1689 do?
Prevent the king from court martialling anyone without parliamentary consent (each was valid for 1 year to ensure regular parliaments)
What did the Triennial Act 1694 do?
Cleared up vagueness about the responsibility of the monarch to hold elections
What did the act of settlement do 1701?
No catholics / people married to catholics could inherit the throne
Who was the throne handed to as a result of the Act of Settlement 1701?
To the House of Hanover
What did the act of settlement do?
Prevental of dismissal of judges without consent of parliament
No overturning of Royal pardons in cases of impeachments
Preventing the monarch from going abroad without parliament permission
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