Histoire THE AGE OF REVOLUTIONS 1642-1791• • METHOD 1

History docs method 1

Stage 1 - Introduction: presenting the documents
Similarities: Both documents deal with (topic, in the guideline + where) changing the British monarchy, in the (gal context) age of rvs 1642-1791, at the time of (precise context) the Glorious Rv of 1688.
Differences: The 1st document is a declaration about King James II the 2nd by William prince of Orange, delivered in The Hague on the 10 October 1988 whereas the 2nd document is a diagram representing the British limited monarchy established in 1689.
Give structure: In a 1st part I’ll analyse the reasons with the declaration & in a 2nd part I’ll study the new limited monarchy thanks to the diagram.

Stage 2 - Analysing the documents

DESCRIBING - What you see (docs)
 EXPLAINING - What you know (notions)
1. The reasons, the accusations with declaration

P1 Religious tensions. James II was a Catholic but he swore to protect the Church of England
+ P2 Political abuse. But the king assumed absolute and arbitrary power on religion and politics

Catholicism (def), Anglicanism

Absolute monarchy (def), arbitrary power (def)
=> right to rebel (def), revolution (def)
=> 2. A new limited monarchy with engraving

Parliament controls the monarch
The monarch only hold the executive power

Parliament = the British people but only 4% vote

Limited monarchy (def)
Separation of powers (def) -untrue but Parliament dominates
Representat° of the people (def) but no democracy (def)

Stage 3 - Concluding
Assess docs (reliable/biased justified): To conclude, these documents are reliable even if we don’t have the full references of the diagram. Both docs are unbiased as we can’t see the author’s opinion.
Sum-up ideas: These docs show the political and religious reasons for changing the monarchy and their consequences : new monarchs with limited powers.
Open: We may wonder if the American Revolution was as successful.