The Glorious Revolution of 1688-89 saw King James II of England and Scotland, who favored absolute Catholic rule, deposed in favor of the Protestant monarchs William and Mary. As a Catholic, James II dissolved Parliament and issued decrees against the wishes of the largely Protestant people and Parliament. To prevent another Catholic monarch, Parliament invited William and Mary to take the throne. James II abdicated without violence, establishing England's constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy.

1. GLORIOUS
REVOLUTION
1688-89

2. ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND
PEOPLE DID NOT LIKE THE KING,
KING JAMES II
Catholic
Protestant

3. JAMES II
➔ WANTED ABSOLUTE CATHOLIC MONARCHY
➔ POPERY AND ARBITRARY GOVERNMENT
➔ ROYAL DECREE DISSOLVED the PARLIAMENT
➔ DECLARATION OF INDULGENCE
➔ HAD A CATHOLIC SON (HEIR TO THE THRONE)

4. DID NOT WANT ANOTHER
CATHOLIC KING
INVITED MARY AND WILLIAM
TO TAKE THE THRONE
PEOPLE
PARLIAMENT

5. Prince in Netherlands
Sailed to England with an
army
BUT James II left without fighting
WILLIAM

6. BECAUSE
THERE WAS NO VIOLENCE
Gloriou
s

7. Results
★ Mary and William Signed the
“ENGLISH BILLS OF RIGHTS”
★ Established a Constitutional Monarchy
★ Parliamentary Democracy