English Revolution

American  

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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Example Sentences

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

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

Thus prudently and calmly was effected our great English Revolution.

From William the Third by Traill, H. D. (Henry Duff)

At the period of the English Revolution," says this consummate hypocrite, Brownson, "the mass of the English people were buried in the grossest ignorance.

From Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete by Hogan, William

Thus we reach the strange result that the same free thought upon which, according to M. Guizot, the French Revolution came to grief was one of the most essential products of the religious English Revolution.

From Selected Essays by Stenning, H. J.