Monster Essays - Revolutions
One of the six revolutions
that I have studied independently is the Glorious Revolution. The Glorious
Revolution took place in England during 1688 to 1689. James II and the Catholic
church were in control of the land.
The old regime was James II, along with
the Catholic church. James II, the second surviving son of Charles I, became
king of England in 1685. James crushed two revolts upon his newly found land.
One, controlled by his nephew, James Scott, duke of Monmouth, and the other
controlled by Archibald Campbell, ninth earl of Argyll. The people were not
happy with his performance handling these revolts. James had also ended religious
restrictions in 168....
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