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Cheering crowds welcomed King Charles II back to London
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James II inherited the throne in 1685, and practiced his Catholic faith openly.
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When William and Mary landed their army late in 1688, James II fled to France. This bloodless overthrow of the king became known as the Glorious Revolution
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In 1688, alarmed parliamentary leaders invited James’s Protestant daughter, Mary, and her Dutch Protestant husband, William III of Orange, to become rulers of England.
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In addition, a separate Toleration Act, also of 1689, granted limited religious freedom to Puritans, Quakers, and other dissenters.
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Before they could be crowned, William and Mary had to accept several acts passed by Parliament in 1689 that became known as the English Bill of Rights.
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In the late 1600’s, political parties emerged in England as a powerful force in politics
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The Cabinet, another new feature of government, evolved in the 1700’s after the British throne passed to a German Prince
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German Prince George I spoke no English and relied on the leaders in Parliament
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In the late 1700s, the talented inventors and entrepreneurs in the middle class helped usher in the Industrial Revolution
