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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Example Sentences

These same principles also became the rallying shout of the English Revolution of 1688.

From Vondel's Lucifer by Vondel, Joost van den

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

The opposition of Amsterdam to an English Revolution of 1688. expedition, in the absence of danger from the side of France, was overcome.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" by Various

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 of the seventeenth century was reversed when it undertook to reconstruct the mores of the English people.

From Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals by Sumner, William Graham