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English Revolution

noun

The revolution against James II; there was little armed resistance to William and Mary in England although battles were fought in Scotland and Ireland (1688-1689). Synonyms: Bloodless Revolution, Glorious Revolution.

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"English Revolution" Quotes from Famous Books

... policy of England, chiefly after the English Revolution of 1688 and the defeat of James II., clearly shows the soundness of our interpretation of history. The "penal code," under Queen Anne, and later on, at least has the merit of being free from hypocrisy and cant. It is an open religious persecution, ...

— Irish Race in the Past and the Present • Aug. J. Thebaud

... inherit the fruit of the Puritan policy. They were indeed most willing to employ the power which they possessed in the state for the purpose of making their King mighty and honoured, both at home and abroad: but with the power itself they were resolved not to part. The great English revolution of the seventeenth century, that is to say, the transfer of the supreme control of the executive administration from the crown to the House of Commons, was, through the whole long existence of this Parliament, proceeding noiselessly, ...

— The History of England from the Accession of James II. - Volume 1 (of 5) • Thomas Babington Macaulay

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