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Match the following documents to the correct content or significance of the document (Magna Carta, Petition of Right, or English Bill of Rights).
- Asserted the right to worship and the right to representation if the people were to be taxed
Answer: English Bill of Rights
- First time that an English monarch came under the control of the law
Answer: Magna Carta
- Addressed to King Charles I by Parliament in 1628
Answer: Petition of Right
- Established freedom of speech and the right to petition the king
Answer: English Bill of Rights
- Demanded that the king stop imposing taxes without Parliament's consent
Answer: Petition of Right
- Signed at Runnymeade in 1215, it attempted to limit the power of King John
Answer: Magna Carta
- Demanded that the king stop housing soldiers in the homes of private citizens
Answer: Petition of Right
- Official title is the Declaration of Rights
Answer: English Bill of Rights
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