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Definition: Glorious Revolution from Philip's Encyclopedia

Abdication of James II of England and his replacement with William III (of Orange) and Mary II. After James antagonized powerful subjects by his favour towards Roman Catholics, political leaders invited William to take the throne. William landed in November and James fled to France. It was called "Glorious" because it occurred virtually without violence. In 1689, William and Mary ratified the Bill of Rights. In 1690, William defeated James at the Battle of the Boyne.

Glorious Revolution

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
in English history, the events of 1688–89 that resulted in the deposition of James II and the accession of William III and Mary II to the English throne. It is also called the Bloodless Revolution. The restoration of Charles II in 1660 was met with misgivings by many Englishmen who suspected the Stuarts of Roman Catholic and absolutist leanings. Charles II increased this distrust by not being responsive to Parliament , by his toleration of Catholic dissent, and by favoring alliances with Catholic powers in Europe. A parliamentary group, the Whigs , tried to ensure a Protestant successor by excluding James, duke of York (later James II), from the throne, but they were unsuccessful. After James's accession (1685) his overt Catholicism and the birth of a Catholic prince who would succeed to the throne united the hitherto loyal Tories (see Tory ) with the Whigs in common opposition to James. Seven Whig and Tory leaders sent an invitation to the Dutch prince William of Orange and his…
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From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
In English history, the events of 1688–89 that resulted in the deposition of James II and the accession of his daughter Mary II and her husband William III . James’s overt Roman Catholicism, his suspension of the legal rights of dissenters, and the prospect of a Catholic heir to the throne brought…
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From The Reader's Companion to American History
In England's bloodless Glorious Revolution of 1688, James II was overthrown, and Parliament replaced him with his daughter Mary and her husband, William of Orange. American colonists greeted the news with enthusiasm because James II had sought to check the growing American trend toward…
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From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
In British history, the events surrounding the removal of James II from the throne and his replacement in 1689 by his daughter Mary and William of Orange as joint sovereigns ( Mary II and William III ), bound by the Bill of Rights . Events James II had become increasingly unpopular on account of his…
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Also known as: English Revolution; Revolution of 1688 1688–1689 The 1688 Glorious Revolution, sometimes known as the “Bloodless Revolution,” represented a culminating stage in Britain's tumultuous 17th century history, a history characterised by the struggle between king and Parliament, and most…
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From The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Houghton Mifflin
A revolution in Britain in 1688 in which the parliament deposed King James II, a Roman Catholic who had asserted royal rights over the rights of Parliament. Parliament gave the crown to the Protestant King William III, a Dutch prince, and his British wife, Queen Mary II (daughter of James II), as…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
in English history, the events of 1688–89 that resulted in the deposition of James II and the accession of William III and Mary II to the English throne. It is also called the Bloodless Revolution. The restoration of Charles II in 1660 was met with misgivings by many Englishmen who suspected the…
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From The Oxford Companion to British History
Title given to the revolution of 1688–9, which resulted in the ‘abdication’ of James II and the succession of William III and Mary II. Participants had differing objectives. Tories and Anglican clergy wanted to stop James undermining the church. Whigs aimed to depose James and limit the powers of…
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From English History: People, Places and Events That Built a Country
1688: The Glorious Revolution
In 1685, James II was crowned king. He was set on ruling England as an absolute monarch, dismissing Parliament the year that he was crowned. More worrying still for the people of England, James II was a Catholic. When his second wife (who was from Italy) gave birth to a son, this all but guaranteed…
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