1. Section 1
The Glorious Revolution

2. I. Background to Revolution
 The Tudors
 Henry VIII
 Elizabeth I
 Henry VIII vs. The Pope
 Parliament as an ally

6.  New English church
 Church lands given to parliament members

7.  Elizabeth the Protestant
 Blended the protestant and Catholic beliefs
 Work fairly well with the parliament
 Parliament believed that they were the decision
makers

8.  End of Tudor line, Stuarts
take the throne
 Absolute monarchy
 Parliament is cut out
 Eleven years of tyranny
1629-1640
 Lecture Break: Why did
the Stuarts have trouble
with Parliament?

9. II. Civil war and aftermath
 1642 War broke out
 Cavaliers (royalists) vs.
Roundheads (parliament
supporters)
 Parliament wins! Thanks to….
 Oliver Cromwell
 Military genius with the help of
extreme puritans

10. CavalierRoundhead

11. *What wouldCromwell do now?
 Eliminates non-supporters in Parliament
 Executed king Charles I in 1658
 Execution horrifies Europeans, parliament abolishes
monarchy and house of lords, declared a republic
Lecture Break: Lets pause to think. Cromwell
executed the king of England? Why is this
event significant?

13.  First Cromwell establishes England as a commonwealth
 Cromwell found it too difficult to work with Parliament
 Dismisses Parliament, establishes military dictatorship
 Ruled until death in 1658

14.  Parliament restores monarchy with Charles
II(23May1660)
 was made a public holiday, popularly known as Oak
Apple Day

15. Charles II James II

16.  Charles dismisses Parliament in 1681, and then dies in
1685
 James II a devout catholic succeeds him
 Parliament secretly plans to throw him off the throne
 Invites Dutch leaders William of Orange and Mary
 Arrive on English shores with army
 James II fled England with no violence
Lecture Break: Why would Parliament want to
dethrone king James II?

17. III. Glorious Revolution and Limited Monarchy
 William and Mary accept throne in 1689 with Bill of
Rights
 With almost no bloodshed England had their revolution
•English Bill of rights
•Parliaments right to make laws and
taxes, raise armies. Citizens can bear
arms and there is trial by jury
Lecture Break: Do any of
these rights sound
familiar? Where have you
seen them?

18.  Toleration act of 1689
 Puritans have right of free public worship (not
Catholics)
 Few English citizens persecuted for religion ever again
 Divine right of kings abolished
Glorious revolution
 bloodless revolution
 Transformation of absolute monarchy to the
constitutional monarchy

19. The End