Question

Among other things, the Petition of Right (A) stated that the King of England was elected. (B) maintained that the King could pass no new tax without the consent of Parliament. (C) restored order in the English military. (D) made the English monarchy purely ceremonial. (E) made the Anglican Church the official state church of England and Scotland.

Answer 1

The King's rejection of the Petition, was one of the causes of the later United States Declaration of Independence and American Revolutionary War. The Continental Congress had hoped to resolve conflict without a war.