Glorious Revolution event
also: Bloodless Revolution
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William III of Englandperson · 3United Kingdomcountry · 2Mary IIperson · 2James IIperson · 1Charles II of Englandperson · 1English Restorationevent · 1Londonplace · 1Jacob Leislerperson · 1Francecountry · 1John Lockeperson · 1
Claims (2)
Henry Sidney signed
Glorious Revolution host_asserted
“Let's see if we can get to the letter. Should I have this? Okay, here's the invitation to William. It says the success of Williams. Okay, here's the signatories. You've got a Henry Sidney, Edward Russell, an Earl of Shrewsbury, the Earl of …”
▶ The Shadow State 67 The City of London @ 6:32
Edward Russell signed
Glorious Revolution host_asserted
“Let's see if we can get to the letter. Should I have this? Okay, here's the invitation to William. It says the success of Williams. Okay, here's the signatories. You've got a Henry Sidney, Edward Russell, an Earl of Shrewsbury, the Earl of …”
▶ The Shadow State 67 The City of London @ 6:32
Mentions (7)
▶ 49:40
A guy by the name of Jacob Leisler. Why is he important? Do you know the name? No. 1688 was when something happens in England called the Glorious Revolution. Leisler is the guy who led that. Oh, yeah, I remember that, but I didn't realize t…
▶ 47:49
And they were 50 years ahead of everyone else in the Industrial Revolution, gave them a huge advantage in shipbuilding and stuff and cannons and all that. In 1688, and we're going to have to talk about this next week, but there's something …
▶ 1:42
They were surpassed. What became the British Empire, the empire where the sun never sets. And we're going to talk a little bit today about how that happened. All right, so I mentioned this last episode. In England, you had something called …
▶ 5:19
I'm sorry, overthrow James. So King James pretty much goes into exile in France, and William and Mary ascend to the throne of England. That's why they call it the Glorious Revolution. So basically, James isn't popular at all, but most of it…
▶ 5:50
Seven Englishmen signed this invitation, and it's pretty interesting reading. We're not going to go through it, but it's worth looking up. And they basically asked William to use military intervention. So just to paraphrase, you have a Cath…
▶ 18:21
Kind of a big deal. Yeah, King Charles II did what's called the English Restoration for 25 years from 1860 up until he passed away. And then, of course, that's where we got, you know, we talked about with the Glorious Revolution. Parliament…
▶ 24:09
Basically, he's the main guy on my Mount Rushmore. This guy is my personal hero in many ways. He's not perfect, but some of the things he said really resound. John Locke is known as the father of liberalism. He lived through the English Civ…