own collectively as The Bill of Rights (Early pp).
             When the English people drove King James II from the throne in the
             "Glorious Revolution," (1688-1689), it brought an end to the divine right
             of kings and clearly established the supremacy of Parliament (English pp).
             In 1689, Parliament enacted the English Bill of Rights, a precursor to the
             American Bill of Rights, which set strict limits on the Royal Family's
             legal prerogatives, such as a prohibition against suspension of
             Parliament's laws and limited the right to raise money through taxation to
             Parliament (1689 pp). When William of Orange and his wife Mary, daughter
             of deposed King James II, were crowned King and Queen of England on April
             11, 1689, they were required to swear that they would obey the laws of
             Parliament (1689 pp). Two other important laws made at this time which
             would influence America were the 1689 Toleration Act, which promoted
             religious toleration, and the 1694 Triennial Act, which prevented the king
             from dissolving Parliament at his will and held that general elections had
             to be held every three years (1689 pp).
             During the 17th and 18th centuries, most English immigrants who came
             to the American colonies assumed that they would have the same protections
             against governmental abuses of power that they had in England (Encarta pp).
             Among these rights were the right to trial by jury and the right of habeas
             corpus, which prevented the government from jailing people arbitrarily
             (Encarta pp). Other English liberties included the right of accused
             persons to have legal assistance at trials, and a ban on
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