A short history of England, from the earliest times to the present day . d Queen of England,and all who are Papists or who shall marry a Papist aredeclared incapable of possessing the crown. After thedeath of both William and Mary, the crown was to go totheir children, if they had any. If not, to the PrincessAnne and her children; and, in case of their failure, tothe children of William by any other effect of the Revolution was threefold. In the first place, itdestroyed the Stuart theorj^ of the divine right of kings, by changingthe order of succession and setting up a king and queen
A short history of England, from the earliest times to the present day . d Queen of England,and all who are Papists or who shall marry a Papist aredeclared incapable of possessing the crown. After thedeath of both William and Mary, the crown was to go totheir children, if they had any. If not, to the PrincessAnne and her children; and, in case of their failure, tothe children of William by any other effect of the Revolution was threefold. In the first place, itdestroyed the Stuart theorj^ of the divine right of kings, by changingthe order of succession and setting up a king and queen who owedtheir position to the choice of Parhament. In the second, it gave anopportunity for reassertmg the principles of the English constitution,which it had been the aim of the Stuarts to set aside. In the third,it began what may be called the reign of Parliament. Up to theRevolution there is no doubt that the guiding force in directing thepolicy of the nation had been the will of the king. Since the Revo-lution the guiding force has been the will of the CHAPTEK VI. William and Mart, 1689-1702 (13 years).William, born 1650 ; married 1677. Mary, born 1662 ; died 1694. Chief Characters of the Reign.—George Savile, Marquess of Halifax ; LordDanby, created Duke of Leeds ; the Earl of Shrewsbury ; the Earl ofNottingham ; Lord Godolphin ; Lord Churchill, afterwards Duke ofMarlborough ; Somers ; Herbert, Lord Torrington ; Edward Russell,created Lord Orford ; Charles Montague, Earl of Halifax ; the Earl ofTyrconnel; General Talmash; Bentinck, Earl of Portland; Thomas,Earl of Wharton ; Viscount Dundee. The new king was not likely to be a popular sovereign. Thoughhe was beloved by his intimate friends, his manners were reservedin general society. At ordinary times his demeanour -w-miamswas cold, and those only who had seen him on the character andfield of battle were aware of the energy of his religion he cared little for outward forms, and was in favourof tole
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