Glorious Revolution
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Glorious Revolution Title given to the revolution of 1688–9, which resulted in the ‘abdication’ of James II and the succession of William III and Mary II. Participants had differing objectives. Tories and Anglican clergy wanted to stop James undermining the church. Whigs aimed to depose James and limit the powers of the crown. Ordinary people detested James for his catholicism. William needed to remove a potential ally of Louis XIV and lead England into the war against France that had just begun.
In June 1688 William instigated an invitation from two Tories, four Whigs, and Bishop
Compton to intervene. The birth that month of an infant prince to James had transformed the political future: he would succeed James in place of Mary (his eldest, protestant daughter, married to William). William's intervention was necessitated by the size of James's professional army. However, William was promised that most of its officers would defect. When this happened soon after William landed at Torbay on 5 November James found that he could not fight a battle. Demoralized, James tried to fly the country but was stopped. A second successful escape to France was the direct result of William's pressure. This left a vacuum. The
Bill of Rights (1689) followed the Whig formula, construing James's flight as abdication, declaring the throne vacant, and William and Mary as joint sovereigns.
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Glorious Revolution made us who we are
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 5/29/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...set the 1989 velvet revolution that had recently...French and Bolshevik Revolutions that had imposed despotism...the liberal American Revolution which in turn was...principles of the Glorious Revolution of 1688...pioneer the Industrial Revolution, build two world...everywhere. Sadly, ...
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HISTORY: Call that glorious? I don't think so... Revolution 1685-1720 By Tim Harris ALLEN LANE pounds 30 pounds 27(P&PFREE) 08700 798 897
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 1/29/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...the long playing revolution" (331/3 revolutions per minute) as well...ancient definition of a revolution as a clock-like...Revolution" nor the "Glorious Revolution" of 1688 should be regarded as revolutions at all. This is...
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The Glorious Revolution
Magazine article from: Anglican and Episcopal History; 6/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; EVELINE CRUICKSHANKS. The Glorious Revolution. British History in Perspective...research and scholarship. In The Glorious Revolution, Eveline Cruickshanks...who has more recently set the Glorious Revolution within the wider context...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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Glorious take on Revolution.(Book Review)
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 1/27/2006; 700+ words
; ...to cover the so- called Glorious Revolution in one volume...main thrusts. First, the Glorious or Bloodless Revolution, as many call it today - which, incidentally, was only glorious and bloodless in the narrowest...in fact a series of four revolutions. The Stuarts may have worn...
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The Glorious Revolution 1688: Britain's Fight for Liberty.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 12/22/2006; 611 words
; The Glorious Revolution 1688: Britain's Fight for Liberty. Edward Vallance...reinterpretation. It challenges the accepted Whig view of 1688 as a 'glorious' and peaceful revolution that set the mould for a balanced, constitutional and parliamentary...
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Rethinking the Glorious revolution.(Beyond the Bookshelf)(1688: The First Modern Revolution)(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: British Heritage; 1/1/2010; 628 words
; ...BOOK 1688: The First Modern Revolution by Steve Pincus, Yale University...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] THE GLORIOUS Revolution that replaced the...revolution at all. Called "Glorious" because it was orderly and...that gives the lie to the "glorious" reputation of 1688. Pincus...
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What was the Glorious Revolution, and should it be taught in schools?
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 3/12/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...the era between the so-called Glorious Revolution of 1688 and the second Jacobite...untaught. So what precisely was the Glorious Revolution? The 17th century...Oliver Cromwells interregnum. The Glorious Revolution was the moment when...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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Regime change; Britain's Glorious Revolution.("The Glorious Revolution: 1688-Britain's Fight for Liberty")("Revolution: The Great Crisis of the British Monarchy, 1685-1720")(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US); 2/4/2006; 700+ words
; ...BURKE'S "Reflections on the Revolution in France" expressed a widespread...the meaning of Britain's own revolution in 1688? Partly thanks to Burke...both France and America. The Glorious Revolution: 1688--Britain's Fight...
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History The glorious revolution really did live up to its name, says Blair Worden
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 2/19/2006; ; 700+ words
; Revolution: The Great Crisis of the British Monarchy...25 p&p) 0870 428 4115 Over the 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688, the subject at the centre...20th, writers have noticed that the Revolution did nothing for the lower orders...
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(PM greets his Egyptian counterpart on anniversary of glorious revolution).
News Wire article from: PPI - Pakistan Press International; 7/23/2009; 406 words
; ...counterpart on anniversary of glorious revolution Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza...Egypt on the Anniversary of the Glorious Revolution falling on 23rd July...Republic on the Anniversary of the Glorious July Revolution. Pakistan and...
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Glorious Revolution in America
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
Glorious Revolution in America. Political principle and...x2014;the so‐called Glorious Revolution—reached America...attain such rights by legislation. The Glorious Revolution in America laid bare two...
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Glorious Revolution (Britain)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World
GLORIOUS REVOLUTION (BRITAIN) GLORIOUS REVOLUTION (BRITAIN). The Glorious Revolution was the term contemporaries coined to refer to the events of 1688 – 1689 that led to the overthrow of the Catholic James II (ruled 1685 –...
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Glorious Revolution
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Glorious Revolution in English history, the events of...throne. It is also called the Bloodless Revolution. The restoration of Charles II in...Childs, The Army, James II, and the Glorious Revolution (1981); S. E. Prall...
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glorious
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
glorious the Glorious Revolution the events (1688–9) that led to the replacement...1716, which coupled the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot with the Glorious Revolution as examples of divine intervention. the Glorious Twelfth...
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Revolution, Right of
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
REVOLUTION, RIGHT OF REVOLUTION, RIGHT OF. Revolution is the over-throw of an established government, but...Parliament established a constitutional monarchy in the Glorious Revolution of 1688, relying on John Locke's secular...
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