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.

1. 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