The series of events in 1688/1689 which culminated in the exile of the King, James II and the accession to the throne of William III and Mary II were know as The Glorious Revolution. The historical interpretations of these events, in which Parliament asserted its rights over the Monarchy were handled by featured sources. In this case, we are going to work (or we will work) with the BBC and the Parliament website(s). In addition, both have excellent records about our topic and a marked difference in the point of view.
One of the main reasons of the Glorious Revolution was the discontent of the people with James II policies. Quickly James's opponents invited William of Orange, who was Europe’s leading Protestant statesman to bring an army of liberation to England and to safeguard Mary’s inheritance. Both versions about the Glorious revolution, the one from the BBC and the Parliament website agree that the British causes of the revolution were as much religious as political.
Secondly, was William´s main reason for interfering in English affairs, This was essentially pragmatic ( He wished to bring England into his war against Louis XIV¨s and a free parliament was seen as more likely to support this.
The forces that the prince of Orange amassed for his invasion were vast: Firstly, they agree that the Declaration of Indulgence allowed dissenters and catholics to work freely and to suspend all the religious penal laws against the catholics, although there is a difference about the date of this event, in which BBC states that it happened in 1688 and the Parliament mentions that it was in 1687. Secondly, we can mention that in 1689 Parliament gave William and Mary the crown jointly and before they were offered it, both were presented with a document called, the Declaration of Rights, later embodied in law as the Bill of Rights by the Parliament, in December of 1689.
All in all, Parliament gained power over taxation, over the royal succession, over appointments and over the right of the crown to wage war independently;William´s wars deeply changed British state. Their massive cost to allow modern financial institutions and bureaucracy grow up .
The revolution caused negative aspects in Ireland and Scotland . For example political and religious decision were taken like Irish Protestants established a monopoly over land-ownership and political power.
The revolution failed to limit the power of parliaments and created no body of protected constitutional law.
