What is the point of the English Revolution???

Question

i am studying history and i just wanted to kno wat is the point of the english revolution...in another person's PERSPECTIVE!!!???

Answer 1

The point was to eliminate the power of the monarchy and to ensure that Roman Catholicism never became the state religion again. The earlier reign of Mary Tudor had been one of despair for the Protestant Englishmen. The successive reigns of Elizabeth I and James I were not Roman Catholic but retained much of the RC imagery and dogma. There were those in England that wanted to "purify" the church and they coincided with the same people that wanted more say in the government of the country. Charles I was a complete autocrat - believed that his rule was divinely ordered - and he leaned strongly toward Catholicism. He married a Princess of France who was Roman Catholic. He also tried to keep Parliament from passing laws that he didn't agree with by dissolving Parliament 3 times and refusing to summon them again. At one point it was 11 years between Parliaments.
The elite of England raised an army against Charles, defeated him, and tried to get him to accept a constitutional monarchy. He would not agree and so those same powerful people went to war with him again, defeated him once more, put him on trial and executed him. They abolished the monarchy but established one in everything but name under Oliver Cromwell.

Answer 2

It was to give rule to the people (an elected Parliament and President) and away from a King. However they gave Cromwell too much power and he somewhat became what they were trying to replace. Thus they got the monarchy back, with a Parliament with more power.

Answer 3

It was a question of which religion would control the crown in England, Catholicism that answered to Rome/Pope, or Protestant, which answered to a bishop appointed by the King of England. Of course it was about ultimately the money/power, not the "hearts and minds".