The Restoration & Glorious Revolution

England Goes Its Own Way

When we last left our story . . .

But First, The Civil War Rages For Years

Oliver Cromwell

Parliamentary Leader

Cromwell Is A Brilliant Leader

The Royalists Are Defeated.

Cromwell Becomes “Lord Protector”

of the “Commonwealth”(not “Kingdom”)

Was he a dictator?

The Restoration Of The Monarchy

King Charles II

Lived 1630-1685Reigned 1660-

1685

Charles, The Merrie

Monarch

King James II

Lived 1633-1701

Reigned 1685-1688

James II Tries To Rule As An Absolute Monarch.

He fails.

Unhappy English Protestants Ask William & Mary To Take Over.

William Lands In England.

He Is Welcomed By Most Englishmen.

James II Is Bummed.

William & Mary Become The

Rulers Of Great Britain.

But There’s A Catch.

The English Bill Of Rights

• The Bill Of Rights limits the powers of the ruling monarch.

How Does The Bill Of Rights Solve The Problems England Has Been

Facing?