The Glorious Revolution

The king's known sympathy for Gallican Catholicism

James II's attempts to control the country's post office

The trial of the bishops.

The Enclosure Crisis

The strong ties between James II and the French Catholic Church, which favoured a bureocratic state.

The mantainance of a standing army in times of peace, which reqired funds and changes in the taxation system.

The House of Commons had become strong enough to defend its own interests.

James's religious policies had became intolerable. It all culminated in the infamous trial of the bishops.

The unexpected birth of James's son in 1688, which meant that his protestant daughter Mary Stuart would not be the heir of the throne.

Historical accounts of the time claimed the revolution was "bloodless", meaning that no violence was involved.

The Church of England and Protestantism finally prevailed over Catholicism and, more importantly, the Papacy.

The revolution lead to the disolution of the Scotland parliament, and the Act of Union which created a single political unit: Great Britain.

The consolidation of power in the hands of property holders and the wealthy elites in the Parliament.

The king ruled with an iron fist and only ocassionally relied on the Parliament's decisions.

The king remained uninterfering in local affairs and left the work of the government to the Parliament.

The king cooperated with the Parliament for some time, but then he began to actively oppose the legislation it passed.

Nature of Man

Divine Right

The Social Contract

A state of pointless existance where people were merely content with surviving and spreading.

A state of brutal war where people were unable to tell right from wrong.

A state governed by the only two basic principles: Life and property.

An state where people wished for protection but lacked the reasoning powers and the concept of morality and responsability to create it.

A state of pointless existance where people were merely content with surviving and spreading.

A state of brutal war where people were unable to tell right from wrong.

A state governed by the only two basic principles: Life, liberty and property.

An state where people wished for protection but lacked the reasoning powers and the concept of morality and responsability to create it.