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Why is the change of monarch in 1688 called the 'Glorious Revolution'?
- aBecause William of Orange won a great battle in the streets of London
- bBecause Parliament was abolished and the king ruled alone
- cBecause James II became a Protestant and kept his throne
- dBecause there was no fighting in England when William of Orange replaced James IICorrect answer
Why?
Protestant leaders invited William of Orange, the husband of James II's Protestant daughter Mary, to take the throne. James fled to France without a fight in England, so the change was called 'glorious'. There was, however, fighting in Ireland, for example at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690.
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