HIS103Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Open Government, Stadtholder
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Nine years war: arbiter of europe, glorious revolution in england (1688-9, the nine years war (war of the english succession, the peace of ryswick (1697, arbiter of europe. Strasburg was a door that opened to the enemies (easiest access). This starts the war ^: glorious revolution in england (1688-9) Under james ii (he was protestant but then converted to catholicism when becoming king). He had 2 daughters in his rst marriage (ann, mary) Mary is married to william the prince of orange (united provinces) James has a son with his second wife. James wanted to be like louis, in creating a very powerful monarchy and very strong army and navy. He dismissed the england parliament (just like louis did) Agree - >england should be modernized and made great. Disagreed -> parliament wanted england to be like the dutch and not like the french.
