Which of the following statements best describes the English Bill of Rights? It was the first document to argue that the king's power had limits. It was one of the first written rules for government in what became the United States. It listed the rights to which English citizens were entitled. It made an argument that the monarchy should be replaced by a republic.

"It listed the rights to which English citizens were entitled" is the best option. Ironically this bill of rights was similar in a great many ways to the US Constitution, and in some ways inspired the American Revolution.

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emilyadalex emilyadalex · Answer 2 · 2019-01-15T23:12:59+01:00

Option 1: It was the first document to argue that the king's power had limits.

Once the Glorious Revolution in England was over in 1688, which resulted in King James II abdicating and fleeing the country, the Parliament drafted a Bill of Rights, which they required Mary II (the daughter of James II) and William III (Her husband) to sign it in order to be proclaimed officially king and queen. And they did in 1689.

The English Bill of Rights limited the powers of the King and Queen to the law, prohibited them from establishing new courts of law and acting as a judge, gave more power to the Parliament in the reign's decisions (such as the tax collection) and guaranteed people individual rights from the power of the crown, such as right to elect members of Parliament, without the king or queen’s interference, right to speech in Parliament, to petition the king, freedom from cruel and unusual punishment and excessive bail, etc.

Certainly, the English Bill of Rights was the first document to argue that the king's power had limits, limited it and brought more justice to civilians.