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 English Revolution of 1640 began in a defense of legal privileges and ended in a military despotism.

From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 2 August 1848 by Various

This famous old building witnessed in this way the earliest steps that led to the English Revolution, and it is kept in quite good preservation.

From England, Picturesque and Descriptive A Reminiscence of Foreign Travel by Cook, Joel

With his sentiment for anniversaries, he may have begun his work on November 4th, in honor of the English Revolution, whose centenary celebration he had witnessed three years before.

From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. I. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England; to which is added a Sketch of Paine by William Cobbett by Conway, Moncure Daniel

A lecture on the history of the English Revolution, Paris, 1850.

From Selected Essays by Stenning, H. J.

While Burke was belabouring Dr. Price, he whittled away the whole theoretic significance of the English Revolution of 1688, but he remained its partisan.

From Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle by Brailsford, Henry Noel