Convention Parliament of 1689

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The Convention Parliament of 1689 was the English assembly that declared James II had abdicated and offered the crown jointly to William III and Mary II, thereby establishing the constitutional settlement of the Glorious Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Convention Parliament ⓘ
English Parliament ⓘ
affirmed supremacy of Parliament over the Crown ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction England ⓘ
Wales ⓘ
category 1689 in England ⓘ
English parliaments ⓘ
Glorious Revolution ⓘ
chronologyWithinRevolution followed the 1688 invasion by William of Orange ⓘ
city London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
constitutionalOutcome entrenchment of parliamentary sovereignty in England ⓘ
convenedBy Prince of Orange ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
declared James II of England had abdicated the government ⓘ
defined conditions for succession of William III and Mary II ⓘ
endTime 1690-02-23 ⓘ
established constitutional settlement of the Glorious Revolution ⓘ
followedBy Parliament of 1690 ⓘ
governmentFormInfluenced constitutional monarchy in Britain ⓘ
hasPart House of Commons ⓘ
House of Lords ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of England ⓘ
legislatureType bicameral legislature ⓘ
limited royal prerogative in England ⓘ
location Westminster ⓘ
linked to: City of Westminster
notableFor articulating rights and liberties of subjects against the Crown ⓘ
formalizing conditions under which monarch rules with consent of Parliament ⓘ
offeredCrownTo Mary II of England ⓘ
William III of Orange ⓘ
partOf history of the British constitution ⓘ
history of the Parliament of England ⓘ
precededBy Loyal Parliament ⓘ
linked to: Cavalier Parliament
reasonForConvention absence of a reigning monarch after flight of James II ⓘ
reign Mary II of England ⓘ
William III of England ⓘ
significantAct Bill of Rights 1689 ⓘ
Crown and Parliament Recognition Act 1689 ⓘ
Mutiny Act 1689 ⓘ
linked to: Mutiny Act

Toleration Act 1689 ⓘ
significantEvent Glorious Revolution ⓘ
significantResolution Declaration of Right 1689 ⓘ
startTime 1689-01-22 ⓘ
timePeriod late 17th century ⓘ
topic English constitutional law ⓘ
succession to the English throne ⓘ

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Sir Thomas Littleton → parliamentaryTerm → Convention Parliament of 1689 ⓘ
Bloodless Revolution → followedBy → William and Mary joint monarchy ⓘ
linked to: Convention Parliament of 1689
Coronation of William III and Mary II → significantEventFor → Glorious Revolution settlement ⓘ
linked to: Convention Parliament of 1689
Coronation of William III and Mary II → precededBy → Convention Parliament of 1689 ⓘ
Declaration of Right → statedIn → Convention Parliament of 1689 ⓘ
contributed to invitation to William of Orange → hasConsequence → Convention Parliament of 1689 ⓘ
Charles Churchill (general) → parliamentaryTerm → English Parliament 1689–1690 ⓘ
linked to: Convention Parliament of 1689
Whig literary circle → influencedBy → Glorious Revolution settlement ⓘ
linked to: Convention Parliament of 1689
Parliament of 1690 → follows → Convention Parliament of 1689 ⓘ
Parliament of 1690 → chronologyWithinReign → early Parliament of William III and Mary II ⓘ
linked to: Convention Parliament of 1689
Crown and Parliament Recognition Act 1689 → recognizesBody → Convention Parliament of 1689 ⓘ
House of Lords Whig faction → supported → Glorious Revolution settlement ⓘ
linked to: Convention Parliament of 1689