The causes of the Glorious Revolution, 1688
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- Causes of the Glorious Revolution, 1688
- James' religious policies
- His use of suspending and dispensing powers allowed Catholics to hold offices.
- Surrounded by Catholics at court, and was openly Catholic.
- Declaration of Indulgence.
- Challenged Tory Anglican Supremacy, they are loyal to the Crown and Church. Unwillingly to fight or oppose him.
- Invitation to William
- Seven leading political figures- both Whig and Tory- signed a letter in the summer of 1688 inviting William of Orange to intervene in England with an armed force.
- They viewed William as the legitimate heir to the throne because he was married to Mary Stuart.
- William accepted because those who signed represented both sides of the political elite.
- 5 Whigs, 2 Tories, and the Earl of Shrewsbury was raised a Catholic before converting to Anglicanism.
- The letter stated that '19 parts of 20' in the nation desired change.
- William had been involved in founding the League of Augsburg with a number of other European nations in 1686 in order to restrict Louis XIV's France.
- Nine Year's War 1688-97 became the central focus of his political and military career.
- Bringing England into the war would even the balance of resources that had always favoured Louis.
- Invasion
- William was well supplied with over 500 ships and 21,000 men, and landed at Torbay in November.
- His victory was not guaranteed because James had an effective army at his disposal.
- James amassed his forces at Salisbury Plain, but realising that his hastily assembled troops were inferior in both experience and equip,emt, he retreated giving William a clear path to London.
- Seven Bishops case
- 1688: James issued another Declaration of Indulgence and ordered it be read to congregation in every parish.
- 7 bishops refused to obey and were arrested, tried and acquitted.
- When James's wife gave birth to a son two days later, the prospect of a Catholic heir became a reality as James's older children were both daughters.
- James' religious policies
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