Historical interpretations: The Glorious Revolution

Did it establish a constitutional monarchy? KT!

Did the Glorious revolution create a constitutional monarchy? YES

Ended the concept of Divine Right

Represented the start of a new constitution

Did the Glorious revolution create a constitutional monarchy? NO

Monarch was still most powerful

Monarchs role stayed much the same

What was the Declaration of Rights- Bill of Rights (1689)?

Raising tax without Parliaments consent was illegal

Parliament were to meet frequently

Keeping an army in peacetime was illegal

The use of cruel punishment was illegal

Petitions were legal

The commission for ecclesiastical causes was illegal

Mutiny Acts (from 1689)

Desertion, mutiny and sedition of officers and soldiers were crimes in peacetime England

The King wasn’t allowed to court-martial anyone without parliamentary consent

Each act was valid for only 1 year ensuring regular parliament

Triennial Acts (1694)

Regular parliamentary meetings and General Elections every 3 years

Rage of Party

in 1716 the Septennial Act was passed which Parliament could remain in being for up to 7 years

What is Rage of Party?

(10 elections in 20 years)

Increased partisanship and rivalry in Parliament

Act of Settlement (1701)

No Catholics or person married to a Catholic could inherit the crown and passed it to the House of Hanover through James I Granddaughter

Act of Settlement- dismissal of judges not allowed without parliament, royal pardons overturned in impeachment cases, prevented monarch from going abroad without parlamentary permission

Did the Whigs think GR created a constitutional monarchy?

Domination of parliament began with William and the Bill of Rights restored the ancient constitutions and returned earlier stability and was the start on a new constitution

Did the Marxists think GR created a constitutional monarchy?

Think it created monarchy in favor of the ruling elites

Did the Revisionists 1 think GR created a constitutional monarchy?

Only real change was line of succession and divine right was destroyed but monarch was still powerful and parliament was advisory

Did the Revisionists 2 think GR created a constitutional monarchy?

Radical revolutionary change