The Glorious Revolution of 1688-1689 replaced King James II with William III and Mary II as monarchs. James had put Catholics in positions of power and issued a Declaration of Indulgence allowing freedom of worship for Catholics and Dissenters, worrying his Protestant opponents. In response, they invited William of Orange, who was married to Mary, James' daughter, to intervene. William and Mary were offered the crown jointly by Parliament in 1689. This established Parliament as the sovereign power over taxation and royal succession, limiting the crown's authority.

1. Gloriuos Revolution
JAMES II / MARY II / WILLIAM III

2. The Glorious Revolution of 1688-1689
• Replaced the reign that King James II
had inherited.
• He created a standing army and he
put Roman Catholics in the
Government, army and university.

3. • In 1688 his Declaration of Indulgence
allowed Dissenters and Catholics to worship
freely.
• James's opponents invited William of
Orange, the Mary's husband, to
saveguard her inheritance.

4. William of
Orange, a
protestant
and
stadholder of
Netherlands
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Mary, the
King's elder
daughter

5. Although bloodshed in England was
limited, the revolution was only
secured in Ireland and Scotland by
force and with much loss of life.

6. The British causes of the revolution
were as much religious as political:
• William was given temporary control of
the government.
• Parliament in 1689 gave him and Mary
the crown jointly.

7. • Parliament gained powers over
taxation, over the royal succesion,
over the rights of the crown, etc.
• Parliament was sovereign and
England prosperous.

8. William's wars profundly
changed the British State.

9. • It was a victory of Whig principles and
Tory pragmatism.
• In Ireland and Scotland, the
revolution was military contested and
its settlements extremely politically
and religiously divisive.

10. Those who would not swear allegiance
to the new monarchs were called
nonjurors or Jacobites.
Jacobus being latin for James.