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Use the excerpt below from the English Bill of Rights to answer the following question:

"That the pretended power of suspending the laws or the execution of laws by regal authority without consent of Parliament is illegal;

That the pretended power of dispensing with laws or the execution of laws by regal authority, as it hath been assumed and exercised of late, is illegal;

That levying money for or to the use of the Crown by pretence of prerogative, without grant of Parliament, for longer time, or in other manner than the same is or shall be granted, is illegal;

That it is the right of the subjects to petition the king, and all commitments and prosecutions for such petitioning are 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 …"
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How did the English Bill of Rights represent a change from the existing political trends in 17th century Europe?

It made the king accountable to the people, and not only to God.
Most other governments didn't codify and publish laws.
It was issued by the king of England to limit his own power.
It mentioned government authority regarding religion.