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The Glorious Revolution (What happened? (A group of notables wrote to…
The Glorious Revolution
What happened?
A group of notables wrote to William of Orange, inviting him to intervene with English politics and save the nation from tyranny.
Invaded with a force of 15,000 and landed in Devon, whilst preventing James' fleet from leaving port to intercept.
Went to meet William but, his key commander (John Churchill), anti-Catholic mobs in London and uprising in the North meant that he tried to flee. He was captured, but was later allowed to 'escape' and fled to France
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James gathered money, support and soldiers and made a bid to regain the throne and saw Catholic Ireland the place to do so.
William defeated the forces at the Battle of Boyne in 1690. James lives out his life in France until he died in 1701.
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Why did it all happen?
James II failed to keep up his promises to respect the rule of law and the protestant Church of England. There was deep concern that he was seeking to establish Catholicism and absolutism
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