What rights do we have in Britain

today?

In your groups create a list of the rights we have in

Britain today?

Which of the rights we have just discussed do you think a

person would have had in 1600?What would have effected the

rights they had?

By the end of this series of lessons you should be able to….

• List the different groups involved in campaigning for rights since the seventeenth century.

• Explain the ways in which rights have developed over time within Britain.

• Explain the different methods used by groups to gain rights.

• Analyse why the rights we have today took so long to gain.

By the end of this lesson you should be able to….

• Give a definition for the term ‘Glorious Revolution’.

• Understand why a revolution happened in Britain in 1688.

• Explain why the ‘Glorious Revolution’ is seen as such an important event in British history.

Look at the family tree. Can you put the

monarchs in the correct order?

Who should have been King but was

not?

Charles I1625-49

Mary = William

William III = Mary II

Charles II James IIAnne =(1st Wife)

= Mary(2nd Wife)

James(half-brother to Mary and Anne)

Anne

James II

William III Mary II

James Francis Edward‘The Old Pretender’

Charles Edward‘The Young Pretender’

Do you think the ‘Glorious Revolution’

was important? Explain your answer

Charles II had been careful not to upset people about religion. James II was much less bothered, and gave important jobs to Catholic friends. People were not too worried because he was old and didn’t have any Catholic children. They thought that when he died one of his Protestant daughters (Mary or Anne) would become Queen.In 1688 everything changed. The King’s second wife Mary, gave birth to a son. People were very worried. Would James raise his son as a Catholic? If his son became King, would he make England become Catholic again?In the summer of 1688, a plot was hatched by leading Protestants to get rid of James II. They planned to make the King’s Daughter Mary and her Husband William, King and Queen. Mary agreed to the plan, and on 5th November 1688 Mary and William’s army landed in England. As their army marched to London, many people deserted the army of James II. James knew that he could not remain King much longer, and fled to France.Even though there had been no fighting a revolution had taken place. Protestants called it the ‘Glorious Revolution’.Parliament asked William and Mary to be King and Queen, ruling together. They accepted the offer, but had to agree to some conditions. These conditions were known as the ‘Bill of Rights’. As well as the Bill of Rights, the King and Queen agreed to involve Parliament in the running of the country and to consult them at least every three years. The agreements were a turning point in British history. The struggle between Parliament and monarch was finally over. Parliament had won: It had real power and was no more powerful than any King or Queen!

We promise to allow:1. Parliament to make all the

laws2. Parliament to decide taxes3. Parliament to share control

of the army4. Members of Parliament to

say what they want5. All trials to go ahead

without any interference from the King or Queen

6. No Catholic Kings or Queens ever again

Signed William and MaryBill of Rights

William and Mary had no children, and by 1702 they had both died. Mary’s younger sister, Anne, became queen. Anne became pregnant 17 times, but all of her children died. When Anne died in 1714 her closest Protestant relative, George of Hanover, became King. Anne was therefore the last Stuart ruler!

We promise to allow:1. Parliament to make all

the laws2. Parliament to decide

taxes3. Parliament to share

control of the army4. Members of

Parliament to say what they want

5. All trials to go ahead without any interference from the King or Queen

6. No Catholic Kings or Queens ever again

Signed William and Mary

• Why do you that that William and Mary chose 5th November as the date to land in England to remove the Catholic King?

• Why do you think that the events of 1688 were given the name the ‘Glorious Revolution’?

Read through the six points from the Bill of Rights.• Why do you think that Parliament made William and Mary

promise the changes that they did?

• Do you think that the changes were for the better? Explain your answer

81

23

45

67

1 There were two of them – One lost his head

2 They ruled after the Tudors

3 Another work for King or Queen

4 The religion of James II

5 Protestants thought it was ‘Glorious’

6 Became Queen in 1702

7 William’s wife

Read down the crossword (clue 8). Write a sentence or two about this word

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2 s t u a r t S3 mo n a r c h

4 c a t h o l i C5 r e v o l u t i o N

6 a n n E7 ma r y

1 There were two of them – One lost his head

2 They ruled after the Tudors

3 Another work for King or Queen

4 The religion of James II

5 Protestants thought it was ‘Glorious’

6 Became Queen in 1702

7 William’s wife

Read down the crossword (clue 8). Write a sentence or two about this word