contributed to invitation to William of Orange

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historical role political activity

The invitation to William of Orange was a pivotal political move by English nobles and leaders in 1688 that led to his landing in England, the overthrow of James II, and the beginning of the Glorious Revolution.

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Label	Occurrences
Invitation to William of Orange	1
contributed to invitation to William of Orange canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical role ⓘ political activity ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	support for the Immortal Seven ⓘ support for the invitation to William III ⓘ
hasAssociatedDocument	The Immortal Seven ⓘ surface form: Letter of the Immortal Seven
hasBroaderContext	European opposition to Louis XIV of France ⓘ Stuart succession crisis ⓘ
hasCause	fear of Catholic absolutism in England ⓘ opposition to policies of James II ⓘ
hasConsequence	Convention Parliament of 1689 ⓘ Dutch military intervention in England ⓘ flight of James II to France ⓘ
hasConstitutionalImpact	strengthening of parliamentary sovereignty ⓘ
hasDynasticImpact	beginning of joint reign of William III and Mary II ⓘ
hasInternationalImpact	formation of the Grand Alliance against Louis XIV ⓘ shift in balance of power against France ⓘ
hasLegalImpact	limitation of royal prerogative in England ⓘ
hasLocation	Kingdom of England ⓘ The Hague ⓘ
hasMethod	delivery of a signed letter to The Hague ⓘ secret correspondence ⓘ
hasMilitaryContext	preparation of Dutch invasion fleet in 1688 ⓘ
hasMotivation	defence of Protestantism in England ⓘ protection of parliamentary liberties ⓘ
hasOutcome	English Bill of Rights ⓘ surface form: Bill of Rights 1689 Toleration Act 1689 ⓘ accession of William III and Mary II ⓘ beginning of the Glorious Revolution ⓘ Glorious Revolution ⓘ surface form: deposition of James II establishment of constitutional monarchy in England ⓘ landing of William of Orange in England ⓘ overthrow of James II ⓘ
hasParticipant	English nobles ⓘ English political leaders ⓘ
hasPoliticalAlignment	Tory ⓘ British Whig Party ⓘ surface form: Whig
hasReligiousContext	Protestant–Catholic conflict in 17th-century England ⓘ
hasSignatory	Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury ⓘ surface form: Charles Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury Edward Russell ⓘ Henry Compton, Bishop of London ⓘ Henry Sidney ⓘ Richard Lumley, 2nd Viscount Lumley ⓘ surface form: Richard Lumley, Viscount Lumley Thomas Osborne, Earl of Danby ⓘ William Cavendish, 4th Earl of Devonshire ⓘ surface form: William Cavendish, Earl of Devonshire
hasTemporalContext	1688 ⓘ
relatedTo	Glorious Revolution ⓘ contributed to invitation to William of Orange self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Invitation to William of Orange James II of England ⓘ William III of England ⓘ

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trial of the Seven Bishops (1688) → impact → contributed to invitation to William of Orange ⓘ

contributed to invitation to William of Orange → relatedTo → contributed to invitation to William of Orange self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Invitation to William of Orange