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|Bill of Rights in England  

|Bill of Rights in England  

|Proposed by Parliament and agreed to by William and Mary in the late 1600s, the English Bill of Rights stated that the monarchy could not deny citizens the right to petition, infringe on freedom of speech in Parliament, suspend a law created by Parliament, or impose taxes without Parliament's consent.

|1689: passed by the British Parliament and agreed to by William and Mary, the English Bill of Rights stated that the monarchy could not deny citizens the right to petition, infringe on freedom of speech in Parliament, suspend a law created by Parliament, or impose taxes without Parliament's consent.

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|Joint Sovereigns

|Joint Sovereigns

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|[[European Union]]

|[[European Union]]

|An economic and legal partnership among 28 nations in [[Europe]]. Its roots began as a free trade area (1958), known as the Common Market, and became a single European market in the 1980s with extensive socialist-style regulation of business. In 2002 it instituted a single currency, the euro.  It has a common court system.

|1993-today: an economic and legal partnership among 28 nations in [[Europe]]. In 2002 it instituted a single currency, the euro.  It has a common court system that can order a member nation to change its laws. Its roots began as a free trade area (1958), known as the Common Market, which became a single European market in the 1980s with extensive socialist-style regulation of business.  

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|Reconquista

|Reconquista

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|Decline of the Holy Roman Empire

|Decline of the Holy Roman Empire

|weakened by the Ottoman Muslims, France, the Reformation, the growth of nation-states, and how the Italian and German cultures grew apart

|1600s-1700s: weakened by the Ottoman Muslims, France, the Reformation, the growth of nation-states, and how the Italian and German cultures grew apart

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|[[Age of Exploration]]

|[[Age of Exploration]]