(the) Bloodless Revolution

(the) Bloodless Revolution
the events in Britain in 1688 when the ↑Roman CatholicJames II was removed as king and replaced by his daughter Mary and her husband ↑William III (William of Orange). So many of James’s ↑Protestant officers joined William’s side that there was no fighting, and James escaped to France with his family. These events are also called the Glorious Revolution because ↑constitutional monarchy was introduced at the same time.

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