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French Revolution The Glorious Revolution

The Glorious Revolution: the international situation had led to restore the Stuarts to the throne. The crown is given to Charles II, who remembered the fate of the king predecessor had a fairly peaceful coexistence with the government. The trouble came when, with James II (about 40 years after the conviction of Charles I) James II had no more precautions than its predecessor: it took actions that created suspicion.
English law stipulated that to enter public office had to be Protestants. The Catholics could not take significant positions in public administration, seen as followers because another head of state. Catholics in England were also called Papists.
James II wanted to abolish this law. [In England the Anglican is unthinkable to have a prime minister papist. Tony Blair in fact, is only converted to Catholicism after leaving the office.]
All nobles unite against James II, the Glorious Revolution breaks out.

When is a Glorious Revolution?
The glorious revolution is called because he had no bloodshed. James II fled because he found himself helpless: no army commander was willing to risk their lives to defend their King
Power in England imploded. Implosion: empty power, the sovereign Haque understands that his orders are not carried out, especially in the military.

Given the experience with Cromwell, the British chose not to retry the way of the Republic.
decided to invoke a new king, as long as its power is subject to certain conditions.

The conditions were written in black and white in the Bill of Rights, a document issued in 1689.
The Bill of Rights was similar to the Petition of Right, a set of rules issued in 1628 by King Charles I.
The Petition of Right, however, the King was above the stands, the Bill of Rights in fact limited its power.

The Bill of Rights had ruled that the English crown should be given to a Protestant which undertakes to enforce the old values \u200b\u200band that English should be the guarantor of the rights of subjects.

The Bill of Rights was signed by Mary Stuart and William of Orange
Stuart was chosen to avoid a cut with the past could not choose a stranger but I had to find someone who would guarantee the institutions. William
however, was lieutenant (stadtholder) in the Netherlands on behalf of Spain. She had to leave office in exchange for the English crown. (It is more important to the dynasty that nationality).

With the Bill of Rights, the British monarchy became (and still is) the model of constitutional monarchy. The Bill of Rights is still valid in the United Kingdom after 320 years and is considered one of the cornerstones of the Constitution of the UK. The only difference is that unlike the past, now the Queen reigns but does not govern.