Explain the effect of the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and 1689.

The forced abdication of James II and the introduction of William of Orange to the British monarchy had far reaching effects into the workings of the British crown and government. Not only was an absolutist Catholic monarch removed, but the Declaration of Rights ensured the sovereignty of parliament and imposed significant limitations on the prerogatives of the crown. For example, the maintenance of a standing army in peacetime without parliamentary consent was made illegal, and in 1698 and 1699 parliament demonstrated this new power when it disbanded the bulk of the army William had raised for the Nine Years War.
Nonetheless, many of the powers of the crown were left intact: the monarch retained the right to decide all questions of foreign and domestic policy, select their own ministers, veto parliamentary legislation, and determine when and for how long parliament should sit. William's pursuit of war further altered his relationship with parliament, placing the crown in a far more reliant position on the representative assembly for wartime funds than had been the case during James’ reign, and epitomised in the Triennial Act. This led to the introduction of parliament as a regular and established fact of British constitutional life.