Glorious Revolution/Changes in Govt
Miranda Blankenship, King Mousecop, Jammie Jammie-Jammie
The Glorious Revolution
- 1688 a group of nobles invited Mary and her husband William to become king and queen of England
- William and Mary both were protestants
- They both were living in the Netherlands
- James knowing that it was pointless to fight he then fled to France
- The parliament gave the throne to William III and Mary II
- They were joint Rulers and this was known as The Glorious Revolution
Changes in Govt.
- The parliament had essentially crowned William III and Mary II king and queen
- The English Bill of Rights was a document William and Mary had to sign before taking the throne
- This document prevented the monarch from levying taxes without consent of parliament
- Just as it did many other laws (provisions)
- Decades later the bill of rights was reflected in the U.S constitution
- The bill of rights was central to England's growth as a constitutional monarchy
- The document's approval came after decades of dramatic changes in English government
- England had rejected the concept of an absolute monarch