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What led to the Glorious Revolution In some ways, it was Glorious. Many Historians se
In which ways it can be seen as a 'Glorious as the reason for the Greatness of Britain, as do m
Revolution’ from this period. This event led to a new King a
In which ways it cannot be seen as a William of Orange, and his wife, Mary, to tak
Fear of Catholic tyranny, people were afraid
'Glorious Revolution throne. This led to Britain’s’ ‘greatness’ because
that England would be taken over by Catholics.
good leaders and having them come to England to
Catholics were thought to be more cruel and
the Nation feel more involved and in control, as
the people feared that there would be a
like they allowed them to take the throne, mor
Catholic leader who would be a tyrant,
themselves, invited them to rule over the country.
someone who ran off of the fear of others (a
fear they had of them), Mary Tudor, also known
as Bloody Mary, was a Catholic and she evoked In some ways, this was not Glorious. The
fear into anyone who was not Catholic, killing happened to fail to take away some of the powe
(typically by having them burn to death), any parliament held and created set rules to pr
and all protestants she could find in the country. constitutional law. This means that the Septenn
However, people also hated the current King, 1716 was able to easily undermine the terms of
so there was Rebellion and Revolt against him. Triennial Act, causing Parliament to still have an un
Whilst the people of England didn’t want The amount of power, power that they could easily
current King on the throne and to lead the they wanted to. This could easily cause problems f
country, they were also fearful of the possibility during William and Mary’s rule over country.
of Catholic Tyranny. Their hate for The current
King and his family seemed to out-weigh this,
however, as it became one of the key factors for
the cause of the Glorious revolution.

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