The petition challenged the idea of the divine right of kings, declaring that even a monarch must obey the law of the land.
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petition of right 1628 was when parliament wrote a list of things that were illegal for a king/queen to do. During this period, the king was Charles I of England. Sir Edward Coke brought up this whole idea about the petition of right.
Petition of Rights
The English monarch had absolute power and ruled by divine right.
The right to life, liberty, and the right to assemble were three of the things listed in the signed petition that the First Continental Congress sent to the King. They also said they had the right to a trail by jury.
That would be John Locke