Ther Glorious Revolution

King James II was having problems agreeing with parliament and religious tolerance. Many of the political parties weren't catholic so King James II started filling in important positions with people who were Catholic to help make sure he could keep control. A group of people met and planned to overthrow this "tyrant race of stuarts." They wanted to replace King James II with his daughter and husband, who were both protestant, rather than the Kings son, who would have been able to help continue the Catholic rule. James the II eventually had to escape which made it easy for William the III to take over, creating a new order for the nation.

This was really important because it was the last catholic ruler. Being under Catholic rule for so long, the Glorious revolution probably made way for a new way of government. Rather than giving the king and his family so much power, William had agreed to not have absolute power and worked with parliament to make decisions. This must have been very important because it was the begining of England's modern day government.