WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A bloodless overthrow of the England ruler King James II
A
Glorious Revolution
B
French Revolution
C
Constitutional Monarchy
D
English Bill of Rights
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The Glorious Revolution, also called “The Revolution of 1688” and “The Bloodless Revolution, ‘’ took place from 1688 to 1689 in England. It involved the overthrow of the Catholic King James II, who was replaced by his Protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William of Orange.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Army played an important role in the downfall of King James II and his replacement by William of Orange in 1688. This ‘Glorious Revolution’ restricted royal power and enhanced Parliament’s authority. But it also had a profound impact on the long-term future of the British Army.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Bloodless Revolution William III crossed the English channel after reaching an agreement with parliament. The Glorious Revolution is also called the “Bloodless Revolution” because there were only two minor clashes between the two armies, whereafter James II and his wife fled to France.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Glorious Revolution, also called the Revolution of 1688, was the overthrow of James II of England in 1688 by a union of Parliamentarians and the Dutch stadtholder William III of Orange-Nassau (William of Orange).

Detailed explanation-5: -He was deposed in the Glorious Revolution (1688–89) and replaced by William III and Mary II. That revolution, engendered by James’s Roman Catholicism, permanently established Parliament as the ruling power of England.

Detailed explanation-6: -James’s attempt to regain the throne by taking a French army to Ireland failed-he was defeated at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. James spent the rest of his life in exile in France, dying there in 1701.

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