Causes Of Glorious Revoluvion
King James II of England brought corruption to his throne when he fell victim to the religious battles between Catholicism and Protestantism on one side and between divine rights of the Crown and political rights of Parliament. He hoped to build an alliance between Catholics, Dissenters, and nonconformist which would give him Christian liberation. He held back parliament as he formed an army composed of Catholics which gave him great amount of power. Mary and William of Orange took the throne of Charles I of England as they devised a plan for an invasion of James’ army. The invasion successfully made James to retreat, as a result, William and Mary acceded to the throne of England thus came to be known as the Glorious Revolution- the downfall of King James II. Although the Glorious Revolution seem to be internal problems between two kings but in reality, it had both long and short term effects on English colonies in the New World.
The reign of King James II provided hard times......
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