Question: what did the english civil war and french revolution have in common

title: English Civil War
text: Having dissolved Parliament and unable to raise money without it , the king assembled a new one in 1628 . ( The elected members included Oliver Cromwell and Edward Coke . ) The new Parliament drew up the Petition of Right , and Charles accepted it as a concession in order to obtain his subsidy . Amongst other things , the Petition referred to the Magna Carta . However , it did not grant him the right of tonnage and poundage , which Charles had been collecting without Parliamentary authorisation since 1625 . Several of the more active members of the opposition were imprisoned , which caused some outrage ; one , John Eliot , subsequently died in prison , becoming regarded as a martyr for the rights of Parliament .