Why did the glorious revolution began?

Answer 1

The Glorious Revolution was in 1688 when James II was overthrown and he was replaced with his daughter Mary and her husband William of Orange. American colonist though it was good because James II had tired to check the growing American trend toward self government. Had used the Navigation Acts to reduce colonial economic independence and had revoked many privileges granted in early colonial charter. The chief target of the reforms was Puritan New England which had refused to allow freedom of religion and enacted many laws that conflicted with English practice. In 1686 all the colonies from New Jersey to Maine had been incorporated into the Dominion of New England with the autocratic Sir Edmund Andros as governor.

With the bloodless ascension of William and Mary Americans thought that England would reverse this policy of reducing local authority, but Parliament's unhappiness with James was about his policy in England not the colonies and under Mary and William the policies continued. Uprisings in several colonies followed and these were harshly repressed. Although most Americans remained loyal to England the Glorious Revolution led to the future idea that perhaps that the colonies had more in common with one another than England.

Answer 2

James II of England was a Catholic king. The Protestant majority ignored it because his daughter and supposed heir was Anglican. However, James then had a Catholic son and the threat of a Catholic dynasty of kings running the Anglican church arose.