Pretend you are an editor for WUSG News magazine. A new reporter needs help in fact checking an article about the impact of historical English documents on early American government. In order to help them with their article, read each of the statements below and then rewrite the sentence so that the bolded section contains correct information.

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1. The English Petition of Right guaranteed colonists their rights as Englishmen.
2. The American colonists established authoritarian forms of government, similar to England.
3. The House of Burgesses was an assembly of representatives appointed by the English monarchy.
4. The Magna Carta limited the rights of citizens.
5. The U.S. Constitution protects citizens against being forced to house troops. This protection has its foundation in the Magna Carta.
6. The First Amendment of the Constitution explains that citizens have the right to “petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” The right to petition the government was protected by the English Petition of Right.
7. The U.S. Constitution is grounded in the rule of law, first established in the English Bill of Rights.
8. The U.S. Constitution details the concept of due process, first introduced in the English Petition of Right.

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