Glorious revolution

• James ll practiced what religion

  Catholicism
• james ll began to favour catholics and gave key government positions to them
• Parliament tolerated james because his daughter mary was a protestant
• When james had a son, why was it a problem?

  The heir to the throne was now catholic
• A rebellion was organised against james, william of orange (mary’s protestand husband) was invited to invade england and take the throne
• What country did james flee to after william‘s invasion?

  france
• Who became more powerful? Parliament or the monarchy?

  parliament
• The monarchs power reduced due to the glorious revolution
• The bill of rights 1689 meant that william and mary had to agree to a new constitution
• William and mary had to swear an oath at their coronation to rule according to the laws passed in parliament
• The bill of rights prevented the monarch from?

  • suspending laws
  • keeping an army in peacetime
• the bill of rights confirmed that who was barred from inheriting the throne of england, scotland and ireland?


  Catholics
• The bill of rights made it clear that the monarch couldn't tax people without permission from parliament
• The bill of rights stated that no one could be imprisoned without being charged with a crime by a jury of his peers.
• parliament had instigated the takeover , so they became more powerful
• James tried to reclaim the throne returning with an army and landing in Ireland with more troops. He lost the battle of boyne in 1689
• trouble in Ireland led to lasting changes with William of orange still being seen as a symbol of protestantism in the north
• due to this, MP's could no longer be arrested for criticising the monarch