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History of Great Britain IV

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HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN IV.

Then came James II, Charles’s brother, but he did not rule well and was forced to escape the country. Fortunately no civil war followed and no Cromwell came. Instead, Parliament chose Mary, the protestant daughter of James and her husband William III, Prince of Orange. The importance of this event lies in the fact that it was Parliament that had summoned William to rule, and thus his rule was on their invitation and not on his “divine right”. All that is known as the “Glorious revolution”.

The Glorious Revolution marked the end of the absolute monarchy that had been built by the Tudors. Then there was Queen Anne, after her they invited her distant German relative George, who did not speak English and the real power rested in the House of Lords.

Industrial Revolution began in Britain in the textile industry. It created the working class and cities started to grow.
In 1689 the Bill of Rights was passed and it definitely put the power into the hands of the Parliament. It strongly limited the power and rights of the king and it caused that more than 100 years England was ruled at a local level, mostly rich local landowners. So the rich gentry and merchants came to rule England at both a local and a national leve

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