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Glorious Revolution

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1. Glorious Revolution - Noun

2. Glorious Revolution - Proper noun

Meaning

the revolution against James II; there was little armed resistance to William and Mary in England although battles were fought in Scotland and Ireland (1688-1689)

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Another event that Louis found threatening was the Glorious Revolution of 1688 in England. Source: Internet

Bailyn, Ideological Origins, 162. The orthodox British view, dating from the Glorious Revolution of 1688, was that Parliament was the supreme authority throughout the empire, and so by definition anything Parliament did was constitutional. Source: Internet

Before the " Glorious Revolution " of 1688, the Sovereign exclusively wielded the powers of the Crown; afterwards, Parliament gradually forced monarchs to assume a neutral political position. Source: Internet

Heavier, more permanent and more regressive than the poll tax proper, the intrusive entry of tax inspectors into private homes to count hearths was a very sore point, and it was promptly repealed with the Glorious Revolution in 1689. Source: Internet

Between the Restoration and the Glorious Revolution, the Stuart Kings Charles II and James II succeeded in using select militias loyal to them to suppress political dissidents, in part by disarming their opponents. Source: Internet

F. P. Lock, Burke's Reflections on the Revolution in France (London: Allen & Unwin, 1985), p. 132. What the Glorious Revolution had meant was as important to Burke and his contemporaries as it had been for the last one hundred years in British politics. Source: Internet

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