The British and the French Revolution

Document 1- List of English monarchs

https://www.britainexpress.com/History/monarchs.htm 

Document 2- Portrait of King George III by Allan Ramsay, 1762

Document 3 - The First English Revolution

Source: https://schoolhistory.co.uk/early-modern/english-civil-war-facts/ 

Document 4- The execution of King Charles I

The execution of King Charles I of England, unknown author, oil on canvas, 1649.

Document 5- The Glorious Revolution (the second English Revolution)

Source : https://schoolhistory.co.uk/ks3/church-state-society-britain/the-glorious-revolution/. 

Document 5 -

French philosophers – led by Voltaire and Montesquieu – admired England for its ‘free institutions’ (such as Parliament), the lack of censorship, and the ability of persons to worship as they pleased. (…)

By the late 18th century, however, England had been replaced as an object of admiration in the minds of many by the newly independent United States of America.

 

Source: William E. BURNS, The Enlightenment: History, Documents, and Key Questions, ABC-CLIO, 2015.