Causes of the Glorious Revolution 1688-1689 (Religion? Politics?)

Shortly following the French and Indian War, the American Colonies were issued many taxes and laws, which were passed by Great Britain. The colonists believed that King George III was becoming more of a tyrant, and less like a king of England. These taxes and laws were believed to be very unfair in the eyes of the colonists, causing great conflict between Great Britain and the American Colonists. This conflict would ultimately lead to the American Revolution. The American Revolution was caused by numerous British taxes like the Tea Act, the Intolerable Acts, the Stamp Act, and the Quartering Act, resulting in resistance from the colonists.

The Glorious Revolution of 1688 was the peaceful overthrow of King James II by William of Orange. The event was sparked by tensions between Catholics and Protestants since James II wanted to end Protestantism in England. Protestants looked to William of Orange to save Protestantism in England. “[The tensions] brought people to so desperate a pass,

The American Revolution was not just a spontaneous revolt over taxes some may think . There were many things that led up to the outbreak of the American Revolution, such as the Navigation Act, the Enlightenment, the Great Awakening, the French and Indian War, the Boston Massacre, and the Coercive Acts. It took many years for it to take place. This all started previously before 1775 with the first major event being the Navigation Acts of 1651.

Glorious Revolution- In 1688, William of Orange lead a quick and bloodless coup and overthrew James II in order to prevent having a Catholic heir to the English throne.

This is about the American revolution and the taxes the King of England put on the American colonists and how the American colonists thought that King George was a tyrant. The reason that writing this is to show how the American colonists reacted to the Acts that the King put on them. One of the laws was the sugar act of 1764 and the imports from Britain. There was also the stamp act of 1765 that made the colonists real mad . The result of the Tea act was the Boston tea party lead by the Sons of Liberty. The quartering act was the direct cause of the Boston massacre where eleven people were shot and five of them died.

Before the First Great Awakening, a revolution known as the Glorious Revolution of 1688, stopped the fighting between religious and political groups. The Glorious Revolution declared the Church of England the reigning church of the country. Now that all of the colonists were under the same religious rule, religion became a past time or a “go through the motions”

The American Revolution was an inevitable uprising of the oppressed colonies in British North America. After years of unnecessary taxation and overbearing laws from the royal crown, the colonist began to show civil disobedience against their mother country. Both countries had tension left after the French and Indian War. There was different views about who should pay for the war debts. The revolutionary war was fought over the increased political, economic, and social control over the colonies by England.

William was young at this time in his life, but that didn’t mean he would back down from a fight. William was already the ruler of Normandy and this, the battle of hastings would give him his second country to rule. Although he would become ruler of England he still didn’t go there much he lived in Normandy, and was a very respectable and experienced ruler, under his reign the church flourished.

The causes of the American Revolution don’t just start at the acts that were passed, they go way back. Starting in 1763, the end of the French and Indian war. Wars are costly, so after this war Britain was in great debt, so as always they put that on the colonists, raising their taxes. Next is the Treaty of Paris 1763 when British gained land because of their win in the French and Indian War. From this gain of land, settlers began to move west making the Natives very unhappy. To save Britain from another all out war, they decided to pass the Proclamation of 1763 which stated that settlers were permitted to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. This made the Natives happy, but us colonists felt differently. Britain should have fought for our land and our rights, instead they just gave it up to the Natives. Shows how much they care about us, right!

The trend of challenge to Royal policies and authority in Early Stuart England (1603-49) was significant because it resulted in the Civil War and the overthrow of monarchical government.

"The reign of Charles II and the revolution against his brother James show that England in the later seventeenth century was ready to be Tory and Anglican but not Roman Catholic and Francophile." Discuss.

The Glorious Revolution set up a very limited monarchy which can be defined and explained in England’s Bill of Rights 1689 (Boyer). England’s Bill of Rights let out certain civil rights for the people. The government controlled how much you can do on your own and how much freedom you have as a person (“Bill of Rights”). According to the Enduring Vision History book, the Bill of Rights drastically limited kingly power; vindicated limited representative government (Boyer). The Glorious Revolution sparked the colonist of Massachusetts to resume their own government. The new government brought in Rhode Island and Connecticut to elect their own governors to represent their colonies

It is easy to interpret the American Revolution simply as a struggle for freedom. The magnanimous phrases of the Declaration of Independence have embedded in our hearts and minds glorious images of the Founding Fathers fighting for the natural rights of man. The American Revolution, however, also had a darker side to it, the side of self-interest and profit. The signers of the Declaration represented various classes – the working class, the wealthy land owners and merchants, the intellectuals, and the social elite. Each of these strata had its own set of expectations and fears, which lent a new dimension to the cause of the Revolution. The pressure of these internal, and often overlapping groups, combined with the oppressive external

William arrived at Torbay, on November 5th 1688 ready to fight for the throne. He was a brave man, for James II’s army was double the size of William’s army. Although it didn’t matter because James II’s army was deserting to the other side, James II army had abandoned him. When William of Orange was welcomed into London, James II fled to France in disguise. Parliament claimed that by abandoning his country, the king had abdicated and the throne was now left vacant. On February 6th 1689 Mary and William became King and Queen of England.

Glorious Revolution of 1688 solidly settled a Protestant government together with successful manage by Parliament. The new investigation of the time, Newtonian material science, strengthened the conviction that everything, including human direct, is guided by a levelheaded request. Balance and judgment skills got to be distinctly savvy values and also gauges of conduct. (English Literature the Eighteenth Century)