That the pretended power of suspending the laws or the execution of laws . . . without consent of Parliament is illegal . . . That levying money for or to the use of the Crown . . . without grant of Parliament . . . is illegal . . .

That the raising or keeping a standing army within the kingdom in time of peace, unless it be with consent of Parliament, is against law.

-English Bill of Rights,
1689

1. It promotes the authority of the legislative branch of government.

2. It places a Protestant king and queen on the English throne.

3. It protects the civil liberties of the citizens of England.

4. It removes an absolute monarch from the seat of power.