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William of Orange landed at Torbay with 15,000 men and 275 ships during the Glorious Revolution, supported by Protestant-wind propaganda and claims defending Parliament’s rights.
William of Orange and Mary Stuart ruled jointly from 1689 to 1702 after the Glorious Revolution.
📌 The Bill of Rights of 1689 declared illegal the royal power to dispense with or suspend laws, abolished prerogative courts, forbade taxation and a standing army without Parliamentary approval, required free parliamentary elections, and barred a Catholic monarch or a monarch married to a Catholic.
📌 The Toleration Act of 1689 allowed Protestant dissenters to worship publicly but excluded Catholics and Jews; the oath required to sit in Parliament was based on “occasional conformity,” which was banned in 1711.
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📌 The Mutiny Act of 1689 required the king to convene Parliament to maintain an army, the coronation oath required government according to the laws, and the Triennial Act of 1694 required elections every three years.
1. What did William of Orange claim to be defending when he landed at Torbay during the Glorious Revolution?
2. Who ruled jointly in England from 1689 to 1702 after the Glorious Revolution?
3. Which provision was established by the Bill of Rights of 1689?
Where did William of Orange land during the Glorious Revolution?
At Torbay.
Who ruled jointly from 1689 to 1702 after the Glorious Revolution?
William of Orange and Mary Stuart.
What did the Bill of Rights of 1689 forbid without Parliamentary approval?
Taxation and a standing army.
What did the Bill of Rights of 1689 declare illegal regarding royal power?
Dispensing with or suspending laws.
What did the Mutiny Act of 1689 require the king to do to maintain an army?
Convene Parliament.
What did the Triennial Act of 1694 require?
Elections every three years.
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