Question

1. Use the information in your Essay Outline and your prior knowledge to answer the following:
What events led to England’s Glorious Revolution and what role did the Glorious Revolution and the English Bill of Rights play in establishing a constitutional monarchy in England?

Answer 1

James II,King of England,was a Catholic who believed in Divine Right - neither of which endeared him much to his Protestant Parliament.Nevertheless,they were prepared to let him live out his reign;James had no direct male heirs,was well past the average male life expectancy for the era,and his wife was believed to past childbearing age.Next in line to the throne was James' daughter Mary,a Protestant who was married to Wiliam of Orange,also a Protestant.