It Was Glorious
in 1688, he inherited the throne of England...Charles' brother
James II
True or False. The English Bill of Rights reinstated the traditional legal rights of English citizens, such as trial by jury and abolished excessive fines and cruel or unjust punishment.
True
Among the people who lived at the time of the Glorious Revolution was the political thinker, _____________.
John Locke
At first, there were just two parties, the _________ and the __________.
Tories and Whigs
Under George I and his German-born son, George II, a handful of parliamentary advisors set policy. This came to be known as the __________
cabinet
Because James II was Catholic, Protestants feared he would do this:
Restore the Roman Catholic Church in England
A king or queen could no longer ___________ in parliamentary debates or suspend laws.
interfere
John Locke’s ideas about government and natural rights would influence the men who drew up the _______________ and ________________.
Declaration of Independence and United States Constitution
________were more likely to reflect urban business interests, support religious toleration, and favor Parliament over the crown
Whigs
Over time, the head of the cabinet came to be known as the ______________. This person was always the leader of the majority party in the House of Commons.
prime minister
When William and Mary landed with their army, James II fled to France. This bloodless overthrow of the king became known as the______________.
Glorious Revolution
The legal ideas contained in the English Bill of Rights would later have a strong influence on the_______________.
United States.
Following the Glorious Revolution, three new political institutions arose in Britain: political parties, the ___________, and the office of _______________.
cabinet, the prime minister
For much of the 1700s ______ dominated Parliament.
Whigs
The cabinet was made up off leaders of the majority party in the ________________.
House of Commons
The English Bill of Rights ensured the ___________ of Parliament over the monarchy.
superiority
The Bill of Rights also barred any Roman Catholic from _______ in the throne of England.
sitting
A constitutional government, that is a government whose power is defined and limited by ________.
law
Tories were generally aristocrats who sought to preserve____________.
older traditions
Although the title was not yet in use, ____________ is often called Britain’s first prime minister.
Robert Walpole
The Glorious Revolution turned England into a ______________, a type of government in which a constitution or legislative body limits the monarch’s powers.
limited monarchy
****Daily Double****
It affirmed the principle of ____________, that is that no person could be held in prison without first being charged with a specific crime.
habeas corpus
The Tories supported broad ___________ and a dominant Anglican Church.
royal powers
Whigs backed the ideas embodied in the ______________.
Glorious Revolution.
The cabinet system (also called the ___________ system) was later adopted by other countries in Europe and elsewhere around the globe.
parliamentary