the glorious revolution
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THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION
British Isles
1688-1689
WHY GLORIOUS REVOLUTION ?
• Because It was PEACEFUL, and ACCOMPLISHED without BLOODSHED
• James II wanted to reestablish the Roman Catholic religious
• The common people questioned Divine Right of King.
• No one was willing to tolerate the possibility of the country being pushed into military conflict.
• The struggle between the King (Monarchy) and the Parliament ended in victory for the people.
• Social Political factors combined with religious produce a chain of events that led to this Revolution.
-To let people practice religion free
-The king benefited from tax payments
-Declaration of Indulgence
-Political Parties were worried about the Church (Tories) and about de Independence of the Parliament (Whigs)
MAIN REASONS
WHAT HAPPENED ?• The political Parties needed
to united against James II.
• The SOLUTION became Mary Stuart and her husband William of Orange (Military Commander of the Duch Republic).
• The couple was protestant and Mary the daughter of James II, so William III and Mary II to the ENGLISH THRONE
DECLARATION OF RIGHTS
• Restored the relationship between Monach and Parliament. It guaranteed
• No standing Army unless Parliament agreed to it
• No excesive punishment against the law
• No taxation without the consent of the Parliament
• The right to petition the government with complaint
• No war without Parliament approval
EFFECTS OF REVOLUTION• POLITICAL
• Resulted in a Constitutional Monarchy
• CULTURAL
• Protestantism remained official religion
• ECONOMIC
• Taxes could not be passed without consent of Parliament
BIBLIOGRAPHY
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/civil_war_revolution/glorious_revolution_01.shtmlhttp://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/547105/Glorious-Revolutionhttp://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/1688_revolution.htm
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