The english bill put in place a constitutional form of government in which the rights and liberties of the individual were protected under english law. How did this act affect the colonists in colonial america?

The influence of the English Bill of Rights upon colonists in colonial America

Explanation:

The English Bill introduced in 1689 constituted by the English Bill of Rights and the Magna Carta of England became a great historic document with an aim to enhance democracy in Great Britain.

The bill guaranteed free elections to elect the members of the parliament and limited the powers of the monarchy, removed overburdening taxes and punishments, and established representative government format , and the rights and liberties of an individual were protected legally under the English Law.

All these changes which the English Bill brought made a huge influence among the American colonists. When the colonists were denied their basic civil rights, they revolted for their rights which led to the great American Revolutionary War.

Finally the themes, thoughts and principles laid in the English Bill were also taken up in the First State Constitution and the U.S. Constitution, the U.S. Bill of Rights with the declaration of the American Independence in 1776.