Simplify the following text for a Grade 8 native English-speaking person.
Original: On 13 February 1689 , Parliament passed the Declaration of Right , in which it deemed that James , by attempting to flee on 11 December 1688 , had abdicated the government of the realm , and that the Throne had thereby become vacant .
Simplified: On 13 February 1689 , Parliament passed the Declaration of Right . In this declaration , it said that James , by trying to run away on 11 December 1688 , had abandoned the government , so no one at the time was king .