WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Opposition leaders invited William of Orange, a Protestant who was married to James’s daughter Mary (also Protestant), to, in effect, invade England. James’s support dwindled, and he fled to France. William and Mary were then crowned joint rulers. Learn more about James II.

Detailed explanation-2: -A bloodless coup. Crowned jointly in 1689, Protestant monarchs William and Mary oversaw important moves towards parliamentary democracy.

Detailed explanation-3: -A joint monarchy By virtue of her birth, Mary possessed the far more legitimate connection. After she rejected proposals that she become sole ruler to the exclusion of her husband, the Convention Parliament finally offered to put both on the throne in early 1689, making them the first joint monarchy.

Detailed explanation-4: -William of Orange (1650–1702) and his wife Mary II (1662–1694), daughter of James II, became king and queen of England in 1689. They were both Protestants. The pair had been invited to come from the Netherlands, where William was the official head of state, to rescue England from the Catholic rule of James II.

Detailed explanation-5: -Mary II, (born April 30, 1662, London, England-died December 28, 1694, London), queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1689–94) and wife of King William III. As the daughter of King James II, she made it possible for her Dutch husband to become coruler of England after he overthrew James’s government.