The Industrial Revolution

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Identifikator:: 1027928145

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-159926

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Cunningham, William http://d-nb.info/gnd/128907487

Title:: The Industrial Revolution

Place of publication:: Cambridge

Publisher:: The University Press

Year of publication:: 1922

Scope:: xxii S., S. 404-886

Digitisation:: 2021

Collection:: Economics Books

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1 8 % 0 [II. PARLIAMENTARY COLBERTISM. XI. THE ENGLISH REVOLUTION. 209. THE withdrawal of allegiance from James II. and AD accession of William III. were the outcome of the blows Fy which had been struck at the authority of hereditary Revolution Monarchy during the Civil War. They mark a veritable ho biament revolution in the political life of England, since the changes 7*™ at this juncture were no mere reform, when improvements i were introduced into the machinery of government. The basis on which the whole polity rested was completely altered. The personal rule of the Crown gave place to the power of the people; for it was by popular invitation and Parliamentary approval that William attained the throne. Many constitutional questions were left for subsequent settlement; there was room for much dispute, both as to the precise relation of the king and his ministers to the popular voice, and in regard to the adequacy of the repre- sentation of the people of England in the House of Commons. Still, the main result was achieved, since Parliament, in which the House of Commons was a very important element, had attained supreme control over the affairs of the nation. The personal action of the Crown had been of the first importance in economic matters of every kind under Charles I; the Court had swayed the course of affairs, especially as regards commercial and colonial concessions, under Charles II. From the Revo- lution onwards, however, it hardly counted as a separate factor, since the influence of the King was exerted through the aid of royal partisans in the Lords, or the Commons. The new accession of power, which the House of Commons but the shus attained, involved a tremendous responsibility; the arouse of Lower House, containing as it did representatives both of anded men and traders, became the chief authority for 26—2

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