The idea of habeas corpus meant that you could not keep anyone in prison without
a.
a reason
c.
convicting them
b.
charging them
d.
both b and c

The correct answer is A) a reason.

The idea of habeas corpus meant that you could not keep anyone in prison without a reason.

Protection of habeas corpus means that citizens cannot be held without legal action. Habeas corpus requires that a person that has been arrested to be brought to a court or to a judge in order to determine its legal status. The prisoner has the right to know the reason for its detention or the crime he/she is accused of.

it effected  the geographical knowledge of the time, also the mapping of the east coast of Australia which paved the way for British settlement

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