Glorious Revolution

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historical event political event revolution

The Glorious Revolution was the 1688–1689 overthrow of King James II of England that brought William III and Mary II to the throne and established parliamentary supremacy and constitutional monarchy in Britain.

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All labels observed (14)

Label	Occurrences
Glorious Revolution canonical	120
Glorious Revolution of 1688	12
Glorious Revolution (as a precursor event)	2
Revolution of 1688	2
Glorious Revolution (Protestant Associators’ Rebellion)	1
Glorious Revolution (through William III)	1
Glorious Revolution 1688–1689	1
Glorious Revolution and deposition of James II	1
Glorious Revolution in England	1
Glorious Revolution in New England	1
Glorious Revolution in Scotland	1
Glorious Revolution of 1688–1689	1
deposition of James II	1
deposition of James II of England	1

Statements (67)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical event ⓘ political event ⓘ revolution ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Bloodless Revolution ⓘ Glorious Revolution ⓘ surface form: Revolution of 1688
cause	birth of James Francis Edward Stuart ⓘ conflict over religious toleration for Catholics ⓘ fear of Catholic absolutism under James II ⓘ standing army loyal to James II ⓘ suspension of laws by royal prerogative ⓘ
chronology	late 17th century ⓘ
country	England ⓘ Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ
endDate	1689 ⓘ
followedBy	Jacobite risings ⓘ Williamite War in Ireland ⓘ
ideology	Protestantism ⓘ
influenced	American Revolutionary era ⓘ surface form: American Revolution Lockean political theory ⓘ development of liberal constitutionalism ⓘ
involved	Dutch Republic ⓘ Parliament of England ⓘ surface form: English Parliament Conservative Party (UK) ⓘ surface form: English Tories English Whigs ⓘ Protestant nobility ⓘ
keyFigure	James II of England ⓘ John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough ⓘ Mary II of England ⓘ Earl of Sunderland ⓘ surface form: Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland The Immortal Seven ⓘ William III of England ⓘ surface form: William III of Orange
legalInstrument	English Bill of Rights ⓘ surface form: Bill of Rights 1689 Claim of Right Act 1689 (Scotland) ⓘ English Bill of Rights ⓘ surface form: Declaration of Right 1689
location	England ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London Netherlands ⓘ surface form: The Netherlands
opposedIdeology	Catholic absolutism ⓘ
overthrew	James II of England ⓘ James VII of Scotland ⓘ
partOf	Stuart period ⓘ surface form: Stuart period in British history
precededBy	reign of James II of England ⓘ
religiousContext	Anglican Communion ⓘ surface form: Anglican Church Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church Protestant Reformation legacy ⓘ
resultedIn	English Bill of Rights ⓘ surface form: Bill of Rights 1689 Toleration Act 1689 ⓘ Triennial Act 1641 ⓘ surface form: Triennial Act 1694 Union of the Crowns ⓘ surface form: Union of Crowns under William and Mary accession of Mary II of England ⓘ accession of William III of England ⓘ constitutional monarchy in England ⓘ development of cabinet government ⓘ establishment of parliamentary supremacy in England ⓘ increased power of the House of Commons ⓘ joint monarchy of William III and Mary II ⓘ limitation of royal prerogative ⓘ prohibition of Catholic succession to the English throne ⓘ recognition of rights of Parliament ⓘ regular meetings of Parliament ⓘ strengthening of Protestant succession ⓘ weakening of absolute monarchy in England ⓘ
significance	established principle that monarch rules with consent of Parliament ⓘ foundation of modern British constitutional monarchy ⓘ shifted sovereignty from Crown to Parliament ⓘ
startDate	1688 ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Glorious Revolution of 1688

The Age of Revolution → notableEventCovered → Glorious Revolution ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Glorious Revolution of 1688

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this entity surface form: Glorious Revolution in New England

James II of England → notableEvent → Glorious Revolution ⓘ

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Glorious Revolution → alsoKnownAs → Glorious Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Revolution of 1688

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this entity surface form: Glorious Revolution 1688–1689

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Treaty of Vienna (1689) → relatedEvent → Glorious Revolution ⓘ

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subject surface form: Restoration (England)

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subject surface form: Restoration (England)

this entity surface form: Glorious Revolution of 1688

Williamite War in Ireland → politicalContext → Glorious Revolution ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Glorious Revolution of 1688

Mary II of England → partOf → Glorious Revolution ⓘ

United Provinces → significantEvent → Glorious Revolution ⓘ

Battle of Sedgemoor → associatedWith → Glorious Revolution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Glorious Revolution (as a precursor event)

William II of Scotland → notableWork → Glorious Revolution ⓘ

William II of Scotland → notableEvent → Glorious Revolution ⓘ

Dominion of New England → dissolvedFollowing → Glorious Revolution ⓘ

Monmouth Rebellion → followedBy → Glorious Revolution ⓘ

Declaration of Indulgence → relatedEvent → Glorious Revolution ⓘ

James VII of Scotland → event → Glorious Revolution ⓘ

James VII of Scotland → deposedIn → Glorious Revolution ⓘ

Mary II of Scotland → event → Glorious Revolution ⓘ

subject surface form: Mary II of England

Bloodless Revolution → hasAlternativeName → Glorious Revolution ⓘ

Bloodless Revolution → alsoKnownAs → Glorious Revolution ⓘ

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Toleration Act 1689 → follows → Glorious Revolution ⓘ

The Immortal Seven → event → Glorious Revolution ⓘ

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this entity surface form: deposition of James II of England

English Whigs → supportedEvent → Glorious Revolution ⓘ

Claim of Right Act 1689 (Scotland) → associatedWithEvent → Glorious Revolution ⓘ

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James Francis Edward Stuart → associatedWithEvent → Glorious Revolution ⓘ

Mary of Modena → notableEvent → Glorious Revolution ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Glorious Revolution of 1688

trial of the Seven Bishops (1688) → significantEventFor → Glorious Revolution ⓘ

trial of the Seven Bishops (1688) → followedBy → Glorious Revolution ⓘ

Admiral Edward Russell → supportedEvent → Glorious Revolution ⓘ

subject surface form: Edward Russell, 1st Earl of Orford