Although the English Parliament and Monarchy work very fluidly today, it was not always like that. Before and even for a time after the Glorious Revolution, England’s Parliament and Crown had rocky patches. Power was split unevenly between the monarch and the parliament. The Parliament had two houses: the House of Lords and the House of Commons. The Lords were the clergy and the nobles and the Commons were everyone else. Oliver Cromwell’s Commonwealth Instrument of Government, John Locke’s Second Treatise on Government, and the English Bill of Rights all have something to do on why England’s Parliament and Monarch work so well today.
Oliver Cromwell’s Commonwealth Instrument of Government Cromwell’s Commonwealth Instrument of Government was a written constitution that Oliver Cromwell, the Lord Protector had written when he assumed office. It was a document that gave him executive power and gave the Parliament legislative power. By holding the executive power, Cromwell was able to deploy the military by both land and sea with the consent of the Parliament as well as the ability of being able to correspond with foreign royalty. In the Instrument of Government, the Lord Protector also states that the set laws “shall not be altered, suspended, abrogated, or repealed”. …show more content…
In this document, John Locke states that in a civil society, people must undergo a give and take, giving in some of their natural freedoms in order to ensure protection in a civil society. Locke states that “men are born equal to each