LITERATURE QUESTIONS
MISCELLENEOUS QUESTIONS
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The monarchs were now subject to rule of law.
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Parliament held all the power.
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The monarchy became an elected position.
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The king was forced to sign the Magna Carta
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Detailed explanation-1: -How did the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and its aftermath ensure that the English monarchy would thereafter be limited in power? Parliament had the power to remove or crown monarchs. The monarch was now subject to rule of law. The monarch became a figure head without any say in how the government is run.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Glorious Revolution (1688–89) permanently established Parliament as the ruling power of England-and, later, the United Kingdom-representing a shift from an absolute monarchy to a constitutional monarchy.
Detailed explanation-3: -It stipulated Parliament’s independence from the monarchy and protected certain of Parliament’s rights, such as the right to freedom of speech, the right to regular elections, and the right to petition the king.
Detailed explanation-4: -Within 30 years of Charles II’s restoration to the throne in 1660, England was once again on the verge of civil war. In 1688 the country was invaded by a foreign army and its King fled, as the Crown was offered by Parliament to his own nephew and son-in-law. Yet these events are usually called the Glorious Revolution.
Detailed explanation-5: -How did the Glorious Revolution affect Colonial politics? The overthrow of James II in England and the end of the Dominion of New England symbolized the triumph of representative government over tyranny. colonists came to see their legislatures as colonial equivalents of parliament itself.