Glorious+Revolution

Rosi Gardner Glorious Revolution

Charles II -restoration of Monarchy -Anglican church reestablished by Cavalier Parliament -Cavalier Parliament: the new parliament in England after the english Revolution -sympathetic to catholics and puritan dissenters -his brother, James, was catholic -declaration of indulgence of 1672 -suspended laws that were against catholics and puritans passed by parliament -Test Act of 1763 -in response to the Declaration of Indulgence -only anglicans could hold military and civil offices -Exclusion Bill -to prevent James from taking the throne, being a professed catholic -failed -creation of whigs and tories -whigs:wanted protestant king -tories:did not like James being Catholic, but felt parliament shold not mess with laws -dismissed Parliament and used French subsidies to rule alone

James II -appointed catholics to high positions in government -issued Declaration of Indulgence of 1687 -two protestant daughters, Mary and Anne, one catholic son

William and mary -Mary: James II's daughter, William: William of Orange, husband to Mary -William was invited to Invade England. James fled -->undergo a change in monarchy -no bloodshed -Bill of Rights -reaffirmed parliament's right to make laws and king could not interfer -Toleration Act of 1689 -granted puritan dissenters the right of free public worship -ended Divine Right -parliament did not have complete control of government rather unquestioned right to participate in affairs of state -constitutional monarchy