Glorious Revolution

Glorious Revolution... AKA -

bloodless revolution

The Glorious Revolution led to Europes first -

constiutional monarchy

James II was a -

Roman Catholic

James II granted religious freedoms to -

non-Protestants

James II granting religious freedom and suspending several religious laws was all part of his reinstatement of the -

Declaration of Indulgence

English nobility members were scared that King James II was going too far in his use of the -

monarchy

English nobility members ended up calling on - to help them

William of Orange

William arrived on shore with a - army

Dutch

When support for James II disappeared, he fled to -

France

When William of Orange became king, he approved the -

English Bill of Rights

SUMMARY OF THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION: People were afraid of a - dynasty

Catholic

a system of government in which the powers of the monarch are limited by a written or unwritten constitution

constitutional monarchy

An act of the parliament of England that sets out certain basic civil rights and clarifies who would be next to inherit the Crown

English Bill of Rights

ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS GUARANTEED THREE THINGS:

- No excessive - or cruel punishment

- No - without the consent of the legislature

- The right to - the government with grievances

bail, taxation, petition

This item:

- limited the power of the English Monarch; implied that monarchs could not rule however they wanted

Magna Carta

TWO IMPORTANT CLAUSES OF THE MAGNA CARTA:

- King must have the - of the people to tax

- Due Process of Law

consent

Following established legal principles that protect individual rights

Due Process of Law