D. Right On, Right On! The English Bill of Rights was just one of the British documerits that served as a
precursor to the U.S. Bill of Rights. Match the text from the English Bill of Rights to the amendment from
the U.S. Bill of Rights that it inspired (some will have two). Then explain the ways in which the rights each
document secures differ
From the English Bill of Rights:
A. Excessive boil ought not to be required, nor excessive fines Imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishment
inflicted
8. Jurors out to be duly impanelled and returned, and jurors which pass upon men in trials for high treason out
to be freeholders.
C. It is the right of subjects to petition the king, and all commitments and prosecutions for such petitioning are
illegal.
D. Subjects which are Protestants may have arms for their defence suitable to their conditions and as allowed
by law
E. Freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in Parliament out not to be impeached or questioned in any
court or place out of Parliament.
From the U.S. Bill of Rights
1st Amendment: Congress shall make no law [] prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or
abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to
petition the government for a redress of grievances.
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22nd Amendment: A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the
people to keep and bear arms, shall not be infringed.
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6th Amendment: In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall enjoy the right to a speedy and public
trial, by an impartial jury of the state and district wherein the crime shall have been committed.
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8th Amendment: Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and
unusual punishments inflicted.
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