Bill Of Rights Dbq

There was a short time where all was calm right after the civil war. king charles the second and his father were both dead so Charles brother took over. this is king James the secondf and he was a Catholic sao he appointed many high positions in the government. Most of his sibjects were protestant and did not like the idea of Catholicism being the religion theyd have to abide by. like his father and brother king james the second ignored the peoples wishes and ruled without Parliament and relied on royal power. an English Protestant leader wanted to take the power away from james and give it to his daughter Mary and Her husband William from the Netherlands. William saled out to the south of england with his troops but sent them away soon after they landed

because he believed james would not fight him. His Proposition was correct and james fled to france aand Parliament prevailed and now they would limit the power of monarchy and control how has the throne od england. the overthrwing of James the second is known as the Glorious revolution. In order for Mary and William to be able to take the throne they had to agree to the bill of rights.

The bill of Rights restricts, guarantes and establishes. It restricts unauthorised taxing without the Parliments approvial, gaurantees that the people will have rights and liberties and establishes england as a monarchy. Both events are crutial to the devolopment of democray. During the Age of reason European thinkers were confident humans could help make a better world, this was from mid-1600s to late 1700s. Also in this time period theres a time known as the scientific revolution. For example there was a man named Galileo in Italy and he corroborated the findings an astronomer named copernicus found by usings a telescope . another example is of a man named Issac Newton and he descovered the laws of planetary motion, invented calculus and explained gravity. Some of a few enlightnment thinkers are John Locke, Baron de Montesquieu and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. John Locke believed in natural law and this is something that is timeless and was here before any king had power. natural law is discovered by using reason for example theft and murder is naturally wrong and people know this and thats why its called natural

law. locke also said the rights of life, liberty and ownership of property. Locke published two essays about the relationship between the government and the people aftewr the Glorious Revolution. In the 18th century a man named Baron de Montesquieu wrote that for the government to work it needed to be seperated in three branches: Legislative branch (makes laws), Executive branch (enforce laws) and the Judicial branch ( to interpret laws). theres were published in 1748 and he said that no single branch can have more power than the other . his writings influenced many constitutions. Jean-Jacques Rousseau becan a social contract that was finished in 1762 and he claimed that the only real power a government has comes from the concent of the people. he also believed people should rely on their emotions not reason and that the goodness of humans and the peoples source of power for the government will oscillate in the upcoming years.