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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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He is interested in the stirring times of the English Revolution, and goes to the historical expert to find what it was all about.

From The Gentle Reader by Crothers, Samuel McChord

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

Thus there came into being at the time of the German Reformation and the Peasant War the party of Thomas Munzer, in the great English Revolution the Levellers, and in the great French Revolution, Baboeuf.

From Landmarks of Scientific Socialism "Anti-Duehring" by Engels, Friedrich

But after the English Revolution his power declined.

From Virginia under the Stuarts 1607-1688 by Wertenbaker, Thomas Jefferson

The English Revolution is popularly called the Revolution of 1688.

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