Restoration and Glorious Revolution
What's covered
Key facts
Glorious Revolution and Bill of Rights
The Bill of Rights made it illegal for a Catholic to become British monarch.
Restoration of Charles II
The king restored to the English throne in 1660 was Charles II.
Glorious Revolution and Bill of Rights
The 1689 Bill of Rights limited the monarch's powers and confirmed Parliament's authority.
Restoration of Charles II
Charles II was restored to the English throne in 1660.
Glorious Revolution and Bill of Rights
After 1689 monarchs needed Parliament's consent for taxation and could not maintain a standing army in peacetime.
Restoration of Charles II
The Great Fire of London occurred in 1666.
Glorious Revolution and Bill of Rights
Power changed in 1688 with very little fighting on English soil — hence the label "Glorious".
Restoration of Charles II
The Great Fire destroyed much of London in September 1666.
Glorious Revolution and Bill of Rights
James II, the Catholic king, fled England in 1688 during the Glorious Revolution.
Restoration of Charles II
The Great Fire of London began with an accidental fire in a bakery on Pudding Lane.
Sample questions
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What did the 1689 Bill of Rights do?
- •Abolished the House of Lords for a decade
- •Granted every adult Englishman the right to vote
- ✓Limited the monarch's powers and confirmed Parliament's authority
- •Made Catholicism the official religion of England
What problem did the Plague of 1665 expose in London?
- •An ongoing rebellion against Charles II by surviving Puritans
- ✓Poor sanitation and overcrowding in 17th-century English cities
- •Royal corruption in handing out plague-relief funds to favourites
- •The collapse of trade with the Dutch Republic during peacetime
What was the Glorious Revolution of 1688?
- •A papal decree restoring Catholicism as the official religion of England
- •A peasant uprising that overthrew Parliament and restored royal absolutism
- •A Scottish invasion that briefly placed James II's daughter on the throne
- ✓Seven leading Protestants invited William of Orange to replace Catholic James II
How did the Great Fire of London (1666) start?
- ✓An accidental fire in a bakery on Pudding Lane
- •Catholic conspirators deliberately set fire to a royal palace
- •Cromwell's surviving followers attacked the city with gunpowder
- •Dutch warships bombarded London during the Anglo-Dutch wars
Why was 1688 called the 'Glorious' Revolution?
- •Catholics joined Protestants in welcoming the new monarchs
- ✓Power changed with very little fighting on English soil
- •Scotland and Ireland accepted William and Mary instantly
- •The Pope publicly blessed England's new constitutional system
What disaster struck London in 1665?
- •Earthquake
- •Fire
- •Invasion
- ✓Plague
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