Glorious revolution 1688
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The Glorious Revolution occurred in 1688 and resulted in the exile of King James II and the ascension of William of Orange and Mary Stuart to the throne. King Charles I had faced problems with Parliament over religion that led to his imprisonment and execution. His son Charles II restored the monarchy but tensions rose again under Catholic King James II, who replaced Protestants with Catholics in government. In response, seven leaders invited William and Mary to invade England, which James fled upon their arrival, making William and Mary the new monarchs in a bloodless revolution.
Glorious revolution 1688
- 2. The Glorious Revolution refers to a series of events which culminated in the exile of King James ll and the ascesion to the throne of William of Orange and Mary Stuart.
- 3. Charles l, Cromwell and the Parliament • King Charles run into some problems with parliament. He split Parliament and England religiously. Both political and religious leaders were mad. King Charles was imprisoned and eventually executed. • After King Charles, parliament decided to pass the power to Lord Oliver Cromwell to rule. He was pro-Parliament. Things went from bad to worse under Cromwell because he adopted a military dictatorship way of ruling. Finally Parliament had enough and killed him off as well.
- 4. CHARLES ll (1635-1685) King Charles ll, son of Charles l became king along with the Parliament. He led England a time in the period of Restoration to put the monarchy back into power. After his death his brother James took the power of England.
- 5. JAMES ll • James received the throne after Charles ll death. • He was a catholic king and most of the members of the Parliament were protestant. • He replaced protestant officials with Catholics and created laws more tolerant with them. • He imprisoned seven bishops for resisting catholic toleration . • He had his own Army and this was seen as a aggressive act by the Parliament. • When his wife gave birth a son who was baptized catholic, Whig and Tory parties set out to find a new king.
- 6. Seven Whig and Tory leaders send an invitation to William of Orange and his consort wife ,Mary Stuart ,to come England and overthrow James ll
- 8. Bloodless Revolution William sailed to England with an Army and landed at Torbay in Devon in November 1688. James ll fled to France on December . The December 1688 Bill of Rights declared that James had abdicated and that the Crown had legally passed to William and Mary and their heirs. In January 1689, William called a parliament which passed the necessary legislation that the Revolution required to be successful. The Revolution was Glorious because there was not violence.
- 9. Bill of Rights 1689 It forbade the monarch from being a Catholic and from marrying a Catholic.
- 10. King William lll and queen Mary