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William & Mary


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Became monarchs in England in1689 after Mary's father, James II,

was forced to flee Ruled as Joint Sovereigns This time of the over throw of the

King is known as the GloriousRevolution Signed theBill ofRights, which

limited their power (LimitedMonarchy)

At this time, England was the onlycountry WITHOUT absolutemonarchy

Power


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Economy & Trade


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Colonization & Expansion


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Religion

TolerationActo Granted limited religious freedom to Puritans,

Quakers, and other dissenterso Did not apply to thoseChristian or Catholic

religion (Church of England)


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CulturalAdvancements

Cultural life was becomingincreasingly diverse

Citizens were allowed to petitionmonarchwith grievances

Freedom of Speech within

Parliament Three new political institutions

arose:o TheCabineto Office of Prime Ministero Political Parties

Arelativelystrong middleclasswas growing

Important developmentso Permanent land taxo Theestablishment of theBank

of Englando The national debt


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Internal Problems SeparatingC

rown & ParliamentCrown Constitution

o AbsoluteRoyal Power Religion

o Catholic

Allyo Holland

Enemyo France

Inter-BranchCheckso Royal right to control succession

Judiciaryo Subject to royal punishment

Parliament: Constitution

o Constrained Royal Power Religion

o Protestant

Allyo France

Enemyo Holland

Inter-BranchCheckso Parliament's right to meet

Judiciaryo Subject to parliamentary

impeachment


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Internal (Domestic) Problems

Mary did from small pox, childless in1694

William was not as well liked as Marywaso When she died he reigned alone

and tried to increasehis popularity William demanded to be made King

and Mary wanted him to have thatpowero Authority wassimplified when

Mary died and William was left the

sole monarch


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External (Foreign) Problems

Bloodless Revolution-Treaty ofRyswick Catholic forces loyal to James II

land in Ireland from France andlaysiege to Londonderry 1689(French vs. England, Dutch, Some

of Germany[the Empire],Scottland and Spain) BloodlessRevolution

TheTreaty ofRyswickends theWar withFrance in 1697

William forms grand alliancebetween England, Holland, andAustria to prevent theunion of theFrench and Spanishcrowns 1701

Then he dies in a ridingaccident. Cool beans.


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Sites

http://www.jacobite.ca/documents/1689toleration.htm http://eh.net/encyclopedia/article/quinn.revolution.1688 http://www.britroyals.com/kings.asp?id=william3 http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Treaty_of_Ryswick.aspx

http://mason.gmu.edu/~ayadav/historical%20outline/overview.htm#william-mary

http://www.course-notes.org/World_History/Unit_Notes/1450_1750_Early_Modern

_Period/Major_Empires

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