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Glorious Revolution Dbq

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In times of political unrest, James II took to the throne of England to solve the issues left by his predecessor; instead he pushed the contemporaries of England during the late seventeenth century to a corner in which they had no choice but to rise up. James II tried to implement laws which favoured Catholics, and grew a long standing army which disrupted the peace. The English Parliament believed that James II was on the verge of creating an absolute Catholic monarchy. Rather than starting another civil war, the people of England including the Whigs and Tories, came together to go against the monarchy. They reacted by deposing him and inviting James's Protestant daughter Mary II and her husband William III to invade England and take the …show more content…

The revolution signifies William's takeover which was supported by English contemporaries, and its overall outcome of giving the English Parliament the power to make certain with the Bill of Rights that another absolute monarch will not appear again. In this paper I will argue that the contemporaries of England during the time of the Glorious Revolution worked together to depose James II because they feared of a disastrous result of James II's desire to become a Catholic absolute monarch and his objective to ruin Protestantism. In doing so, William III and Mary II were invited to the throne of England by Whig and Tory leaders under certain circumstances which resulted in important documents such as the English Bill of Rights to be created. The Glorious Revolution produced many positive outcomes and declarations; however, it was something that could not be avoided due to James II's narrow-mindedness towards absolute Catholic …show more content…

However, they were afraid of what James II was going to do. They were aware of what might be termed 'paranoid style' of politics, but they knew they had to come to an agreement in order to resolve the issue they were facing. (Sowerby 80) A recorded dialogue between Whig and Tory representatives over the act for recognizing King William and Queen Mary went as followed: “W. I very well know your Office, tho' how you came into it is a Mystery; and I cannot but observe the steps which you have taken since you had it: Nay, know how much you value your self with your Party upon being the same Man which you were, when you shewed your parts in opposing this King's coming to the Crown; and therefore I may very well ask you, under the Rose, whether you will own King William to be your King? T. I should be very unworthy if I did not; since I have not only Protection, but Profit and Preferment from him. (WhigToryAnon 1-2). This conversation is a good example of how many contemporaries agreed that working together was the solution to their problems. This also insisted that the arrival of William was to secure a free legislature, an aim in which both Whigs and Tories were willing to come together for. (Claydon 89). A Tory representative was recorded saying to Whig representative that “he would better turn to you Whigs than others”(WhigToryAnon 32), and

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