In order to increase the power of the commercial classes, the England's Glorious Revolution created the necessary climate.
James II was replaced as the reigning king, together with the joint monarchy of his protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William of Orange in the event called The Glorious Revolution of 1688-1689.
The establishment of the parliament’s supremacy over the crown, guidance of Britain on the path for constitutional monarchy and parliamentary democracy are some of the effects of the bloodless revolution and revolution settlement, based from the Whig account.
In Ireland and Scotland, the revolution was secured by force and with much loss of life, even though the bloodshed in England was limited.
