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# {} Pre-Revolution
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#### Important terms
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- Glorious Revolution - invasion of England by William and Mary
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- Toleration Act - act of Parliament that granted freedom to Protestant sects but not Catholics
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- Bill of Rights - Set up the basis for a constitutional monarchy
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## == The Glorious Revolution ==
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Charles II brother, James II inherited the throne in 1685
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- Openly Catholic, people feared he would make England Catholic again
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- Parliament hatched a plan to make sure it didn't happen
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In 1688, The Glorious Revolution occurred
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- James' daughter and her Dutch Protestant husband (William and Mary) were invited to take the English throne
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- They landed with their army, and James fled to France
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- Bloodless
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## == English Bill of Rights ==
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William and Mary signed the English Bill of Rights before they were crowned
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- They ruled a limited Monarchy
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- Ensured Parliament was superior to the new monarchs
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- Parliament must be called regularly
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- Power of the purse
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- Could not interfere in debates or suspend laws
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- No Roman Catholic could rule
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- Restated basic rights for the English
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Toleration Act
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- Limited religious freedom for some Protestant sects, not Catholics
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# {} Post Revolution
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## == Britain Becomes a Constitutional Government ==
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A government whose power is limited by law
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Political Parties
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- At first, class based Tories (aristocrats who promoted tradition) and Whigs (favored Parliament, business, and urban interests)
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Cabinet: formed of the leaders of Parliament who played an advisory role to the King
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Prime Minister: the head of cabinet
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- The leader of the majority party in the House of Commons
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- His power later exceeded the monarch
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### == Not So Fast... ===
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Parliament was not quite an example of democracy
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- Landowners still held most of the power (oligarchy)\
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- Used it to their advantage, detrimental to poor and landless
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- Very few could vote
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- Middle class was growing
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