In which year did the Glorious Revolution take place?
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1688
The overthrow happened almost without bloodshed.
💡 Did you know? It shaped the English constitution to this day.
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In which country did the Glorious Revolution take place?
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In England
More precisely: in the Kingdom of England.
💡 Did you know? It shaped the later United Kingdom too.
Which king was deposed?
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James II
The Catholic king clashed with Parliament.
💡 Did you know? He fled to France.
Which ruler took the throne?
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William of Orange
He ruled as William III.
💡 Did you know? Parliament had called him into the country.
From which country did William of Orange come?
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From the Netherlands
He was stadtholder of the Netherlands.
💡 Did you know? He landed in England with a fleet.
Why is it called “glorious”?
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Because it was almost bloodless
The change of power came without a great war.
💡 Did you know? That was highly unusual for a revolution.
Which 1689 basic law limited the king's power?
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The Bill of Rights
It bound the king to Parliament's consent.
💡 Did you know? It later inspired the American Bill of Rights too.
Which form of state emerged from it?
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The constitutional monarchy
The king ruled only within the bounds of law.
💡 Did you know? This model still shapes Britain today.
Which institution was decisively strengthened?
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Parliament
It gained the final word over taxes and laws.
💡 Did you know? Without its consent the king could barely act.
Which religious divide played a role?
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Catholics versus Protestants
Protestant England feared a Catholic king.
💡 Did you know? The succession was thereafter fixed as Protestant.
Who ruled jointly with William?
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Mary II
She was the daughter of the deposed James II.
💡 Did you know? The pair ruled as “William and Mary”.
Which philosopher supplied the ideas for it?
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John Locke
He founded popular sovereignty and natural rights.
💡 Did you know? His ideas also influenced the American Revolution.
What did the revolution end in England?
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Absolutism
No king could rule alone and unlimited any more.
💡 Did you know? England took a different path from absolutist France.
Which two political camps shaped Parliament?
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Whigs and Tories
From them the later parties developed.
💡 Did you know? It was the beginning of the modern party system.
Which principle prevailed in 1688/89 (the legislature over the king)?
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Parliamentary sovereignty
Parliament became the supreme power in the state.
💡 Did you know? This principle still applies in Britain today.
Which succession law followed in 1701?
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The Act of Settlement
It barred Catholics from the succession.
💡 Did you know? It still applies in British constitutional law today.
What is the Glorious Revolution seen as a foundation of?
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Modern parliamentary democracy
It permanently tied power to laws and parliament.
💡 Did you know? Many countries later adopted this model.
How did the change of power unfold?
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Almost without bloodshed
James II fled rather than fight.
💡 Did you know? Hence the epithet “glorious” revolution.
Whose daughter was Mary II?
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The daughter of James II
She thus ruled against her own father.
💡 Did you know? As a Protestant she was acceptable to Parliament.
Whose power did the revolution limit?
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That of the monarch
The king could no longer stand above the law.
💡 Did you know? With it began the rule of law.
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