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Which of the following was a significant result of the Glorious Revolution?

England became a limited monarchy.


The theaters were reopened in England.


English kings lost all their power.


Parliament accepted the divine right of kings.

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English King, James II, was overthrown
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The main legacy of the Glorious Revolution was the fact that England became a limited monarchy.

The Glorious Revolution was the overthrow of James II in 1688 by a union of Parliamentarians and the Dutch Stadtholder William of Orange.

The Revolution of 1688 is considered by some as one of the most important events in the long evolution of powers possessed by the parliament and the crown of England. With the passage of the Bill of Rights, any possibility for a Catholic monarchy was eradicated, and towards any movement towards absolute monarchy in the British Isles by limiting the powers of the monarch. The powers of the King were strongly restricted; he could no longer suspend laws, create taxes, or maintain a standing army during peacetime without Parliament's permission. Since 1689, England, and later the United Kingdom, has been governed under a system of parliamentary monarchy, and it has been uninterrupted. Since then, parliament has gained more and more power, and the crown has progressively lost it.

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