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The English can make an equally strong claim there and it's older. Parliamentary supremacy was quite established by the 1700s. While Parliament had a restrict
by retrac 5y ago
The English can make an equally strong claim there and it's older. Parliamentary supremacy was quite established by the 1700s. While Parliament had a restricted franchise (as did the USA until the 20th century) it was an elected body with full powers.
Indeed, one of the major points of discontent was lack of parliamentary representation for the Americans despite nominally being equals -- kind of like the situation of Puerto Rico today.
- TheCoelacanth 5y agoOnly the House of Commons is democratic, and it didn't become the more powerful house of Parliament until late 19th or early 20th centuries.
- brimble 5y ago> While Parliament had a restricted franchise (as did the USA until the 20th century) it was an elected body with full powers. Indeed—one of the key factors for the US war for independence was that rich Americans wanted to expand the franchise to all rich men, not just rich men who happened to be born to the correct parents. They wanted to do this only in the colonies, but that likely would have emboldened reformers in Britain proper, too ("why should those colonists get more of a say in government than we do?"). This would have threatened the power of the British nobility, so of course war and (ultimately) losing the 13 colonies was chosen instead.