"The English Bill of Rights" 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; 1 of 8 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. (1 point) Responses “raising and keeping a standing army” “raising and keeping a standing army” “without consent of Parliament” “without consent of Parliament” “pursuant to their respective letters and elections” “pursuant to their respective letters and elections” “most serious consideration” “most serious consideration” “violating the freedom”
The correct phrases that convey how the writers feel about the king are:
- "did endeavor to subvert and extirpate the Protestant religion and the laws and liberties of this kingdom"
- "committing and prosecuting divers worthy prelates for humbly petitioning to be excused from concurring to the said assumed power"