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It was a glorious revolution, wasn’t it?

54 posted on 05/23/2016 2:44:49 PM PDT by colorado tanker

To: colorado tanker

James II and his army appears to have been, uh, overmatched.

55 posted on 05/23/2016 3:06:24 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)

To: colorado tanker; Berosus; LS

BTW, speaking of the Glorious Revolution, learned something new from the wiki-wacky (I think I was looking for dates, but due to a need for sleep my mind was just fruiting out on me, and I can’t remember now):

Glorious Revolution of 1688
http://www.landofthebrave.info/glorious-revolution.htm

English Bill of Rights 1689
http://www.landofthebrave.info/bill-of-rights-1689.htm

Quartering Act of 1774
http://www.landofthebrave.info/quartering-act.htm

http://www.google.com/search?q=Jacob+Leisler’s+Declaration

Leisler’s Rebellion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leisler%27s_Rebellion

The Jacob Leisler Treason Trial, 1691
http://www.nycourts.gov/history/legal-history-new-york/legal-history-eras-01/history-new-york-legal-eras-leisler.html

William Smith (1728-1793). The Rule of Jacob Leisler; and His Fate. Stedman and Hutchinson, eds. 1891. A Library of American Literature: An Anthology in 11 Volumes
http://www.bartleby.com/400/prose/332.html

66 posted on 05/24/2016 5:56:46 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (I'll tell you what's wrong with society -- no one drinks from the skulls of their enemies anymore.)

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