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Module

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Exam Notes
Gus Glider
The King of Persia us had concured
S
Babylon ,
Greece

He declared that the people had the right


to their
choose
religion .

He was a
great king ,
who
upheld human
his citizens
rights of .

Once he became the


King of Babylonia, he

presented Declaration
a

S
of Reforms'
Also known as : First Human Rights Charter .

He also
promoted 'Racial Equality'
Additional things he did :

1) Repatriated Displaced People


2) Restored Temples s Cult Sanctuaries
3) Estb . Racial Equality .
Magna Carta
[The Great Charter]
These list
were a
of demands and

expectations forced on

King John of England .

=
y?
- He
heavily taked his people
Arbitrarily took their posession
threw them in prison
s
for slight reason .

# - It
gave people a mechanism to limit

the Assert their


the
power of King s
Rights .

st Provisions
&
:

1) Right of Church [Free from Govt interferance]


2) Right to own s Inherit
property .

3) Forbidding Bribery s
official Misconduct .

4) No
imprisonment without trial .

It renewed Monarch
was
by each

in turn as time passed .


229 English Pectationof Rights (1628]

Right of
Citizens to be
free from
taxation
unrepresentative #]

Arbitrary Imprisonment

z English Blog
Rights
Alt passed by English Parliament that sets

out basic Civil + Consti Rights .

# is a
complimentary document to the
uncodified
British Constitution
* New Points

) Free Elections
2) Parliamentary Privilages
3) Prohibition of cruel sinhuman punishment .

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