The Glorious Revolution occurred in 1688-1689 in England, Wales and Scotland in response to King James II's Catholicism in a predominantly Protestant country. A group of Protestant nobles invited the Protestant Prince William of Orange to invade England with an army. William and his wife Mary were then crowned as joint monarchs. The revolution established Parliament's power over taxation and royal appointments, limiting the monarch's authority. However, its consequences were also negative, deepening political and religious divisions in Ireland and Scotland and fostering the growth of slavery.

1. The Glorious Revolution
English,Welsh and Scottish society
British Isles
(1688-1689)

2. Why a revolution?
• James II was catholic leading a protestant
country . The parliament feared that he would
begin to catholicise England.
• People questioned the Divine right of King.
• The continuos struggle between the king and
the parliament, favour the people in the end.

3. Main reasons
• Both political and religious factors were
combine and as a result led to the revolution:
• People wanted to practice religion freely.
• The Monarchy benefited from taxation
• Fear of catholic tyranny
• Declaration of Indulgence.

4. The development of the
revolution
On 30 June 1688, a group of seven protestant
nobles invited the Prince of Orange to come to
England with his army.
They were call the “Inmortal seven”:

5. Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire
•Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury
•Edward Rusell: 1st Earl of
Orford
•The Earl of Danby: Thomas Osborne, 1st
Duke of Leeds
•Henry Sydney:1st Earl of Romney
Henry Compton, Bishop of
London
•The viscount
LumleyRichard Lumley,
1st Earl of Scarbrough

6. • The Parliament took control at last. William III and
Mary were crown king and queen of England.
The Glorious revolution finally ended when William
III and Mary signed the bill of rights.

7. Consequences:
• William III imposed limitations on royal authority.
• Parliament gained powers over taxation, over the royal succession, over
appointments and over the right of the crown to wage war independently.
• William’s wars profoundly changed the British state. Their massive cost led
not only to growth of modern financial institutions but also to greater
scrutiny of crown expenditure through parliamentary committees of
accounts. land and Scotland, the settlements were extremely politically
and religiously divisive.
• The revolution’s legacy might be seen as negative in other ways. In Ireland
and Scotland, the revolution was militarily contested and its settlements
extremely politically and religiously divisive..
• The revolution also failed to limit the power of parliaments and created no
body of protected constitutional law.
• The revolution also fostered the growth of slavery.
• The Glorious Revolution represented not the broadening of freedom but
the expansion of servitude.