Causes of Glorious Revoluvion

King James II of England brought corruption to his throne when he fell victim to the religious battles between Catholicism and Protestantism on one side and between divine rights of the Crown and political rights of Parliament. He hoped to build an alliance between Catholics, Dissenters, and nonconformist which would give him Christian liberation. He held back parliament as he formed an army composed of Catholics which gave him great amount of power. Mary and William of Orange took the throne of Charles I of England as they devised a plan for an invasion of James’ army. The invasion successfully made James to retreat, as a result, William and Mary acceded to the throne of England thus came to be known as the Glorious Revolution- the downfall of King James II. Although the Glorious Revolution seem to be internal problems between two kings but in reality, it had both long and short term effects on English colonies in the New World.

The reign of King James II provided hard times for the colonists in his acts of refusing to recognize colonial charters as well as not allowing colonist to say anything over laws and taxes (no freedom of speech) that defined his rule arbitrary. James' care of the colonies showed his constantly growing independence of the English Parliament, he relied more on monarchial power. He was a Catholic while the colonies were Protestant which altered conflicts between the two religions because James is leaning more towards Christian’s side as he passes laws against Protestants to keep Christianity safe. For an example, when James issued the Declarations of Indulgence that granted freedom of worship to Catholics, but it gave problems to the rest of the colonies. Colonist thought Catholicism brought absolutism to the government role. Nevertheless, about over a half of the government in the colonies were under the direct control of the monarch. Not too long later, all that would begin to change towards a constitutional government which gives more democratic freedom for colonists.

On the other hand, James daughter, Mary turned out to be a Protestant whom was asked to overthrow her father from his throne. James fled to France as soon as possible when the news spread out. Laws set out that all kings