HIST 383 Chapter Notes - Chapter reading: Radical Whigs
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The realities of the relationship between the three stuart kingdoms were emphasized by the events of 1688-1691 as events in england determined the political fate of both. After the glorious revolution had confirmed the dependence of scotland and ireland on their more powerful neighbour, the subsequent chain of events gave their dependence a new statutory expression. The anglo-scottish union of 1707 created a new constitutional entity, the kingdom of gb submerging the. The nature of the "british" state was being redefined. The glorious revolution was a coup d"etat undertaken by an adventurous foreign prince and his army supported by local aristocrats, not an uprising of the people. William"s ambitions centered on preserving his wife"s and own right of succession to the throne and in securing. In scotland the revolution began with the prince of. King james"s government fell apart, as the leading magnates either opportunistically declared themselves.
