English Revolution

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noun

1. the events of 1688–89 by which James II was expelled and the sovereignty conferred on William and Mary.

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The American colonies, appreciating and applying to their own conditions the principles of the English Revolution, began, and with French assistance completed, the movement which erected in another hemisphere the American republic.

From The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) by Sloane, William Milligan

The resistance offered to this was the real beginning of the English Revolution, for the King, in the attempt to carry out his despotic will, had to enlist soldiers by force.

From The Annals of Willenhall by Hackwood, Frederick William

The English Revolution is popularly called the Revolution of 1688.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 3 "Chitral" to "Cincinnati" by Various

This struggle is the most prominent event of the seventeenth century before the English Revolution, and was attended with the most important religious and political consequences.

From A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by Lord, John

But their views were greatly changed, and their advance on the road to freedom materially accelerated, by the English Revolution of 1688.

From Inquiry Into the Origin and Course of Political Parties in the United States by Van Buren, Martin