Glorious Revolution - Theme 1 - Aims of the revolution.

KEY:      = was revolutionary      = not revolutionary

Why did it happen?

• Driven by fear of Catholicism 
  • The bed pan baby
  • Godden vs Hales
  • James reissued the Declaration of Indulgence in 1688 giving toleration to all religious groups, both protestant and Catholic. 
• Desire for stability
  • The key aim of the political elite was to remove James and then bring about stability, the only way to do this was through a change of monarch
• Actions of the elite determined to defend their power and influecne
  • The Immortal 7 were seven leading political figures representing virtually all sections of the political nation in England

What happened?

• It was possible for different people to beleive completely different things about the Glorious Revolution:
  • Maclaulay concluded that it was the least violent revolution known to history
  • …