The English Bill of Rights of 1689:
A) was unwritten, like the English Constitution on which it was based.
B) was King William's finest writing on the importance of liberty.
C) divided power in England between the king and Parliament.
D) was copied word for word into the U.S. Constitution a century later.
E) listed parliamentary powers and individual rights such as trial by jury.
Ans: E) listed parliamentary powers and individual rights such as trial by jury.
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