glorious revolution

Question 1

Causes of the revolution

Answer 1

. King James II, who ascended the throne in 1685, exacerbated these tensions by allowing religious freedom, appointing Catholics to important positions in the military and suspending Parliament.
He also married a young Catholic noblewoman, Mary of Modena, and had a child with her, ensuring that the throne would remain in Catholic hands at James’s death instead of passing to his Protestant son-in-law, William of Orange.

Question 2

What did the British parliament do to ensure Britain didn’t convert to catholic

Answer 2

Parliament invited William and his wife to come over and rule jointly in exchange for some limits on royal prerogatives

Question 3

Many Whig’s shared Locke’s religious view that

Answer 3

Enforcing religious uniformity would led to social disorder

Question 4

Bill of Rights when? often sited as?

Answer 4

1689 significant constitutional document

Question 5

Details of the Bill of Rights 1689

Answer 5

Most clauses referred to specific abuses of royal prerogative, called for regular and free elections, made certain legal position of army

Question 6

What was passed along with the bill of rights, Why did the king have to call parliament regular

Answer 6

Munity act 1689, only vailed for 1 year

Question 7

Problems with a catholic monarchy

Answer 7

Most of the British population was Protestant and, catholic monarch was associated with absolutism, he believed in the divine right of rule