A short history of England . d stating their expecta-tion that the new king and queenwould agree to the parliamentaryview of them. William and Maryaccepted the crown on theseterms and February 13,1689, wereproclaimed king and queen ofEngland. 459. The Revolution of 1688.— The deposition of James IIand the elevation of William andMary to the throne by act ofparliament are known as theRevolution of 1688. The revo-lution was a final victory of parliament and the people whomparliament represented over the principle of absolute new king and queen and their successors were on the throne
A short history of England . d stating their expecta-tion that the new king and queenwould agree to the parliamentaryview of them. William and Maryaccepted the crown on theseterms and February 13,1689, wereproclaimed king and queen ofEngland. 459. The Revolution of 1688.— The deposition of James IIand the elevation of William andMary to the throne by act ofparliament are known as theRevolution of 1688. The revo-lution was a final victory of parliament and the people whomparliament represented over the principle of absolute new king and queen and their successors were on the thronebecause parliament had placed them there, not by divine had received the crown on certain conditions which wereset forth in the very document which granted to them theirauthority as sovereigns. In the future they could not act inde-pendently of parliament, because the same power that had placedthem on the throne could exercise control over them when onthe throne. The revolution therefore settled forever that the. William III 510 A SHORT HISTORY OF ENGLAND will of the ruler must be subject to the will of the people asexpressed in parliament. In other respects the Glorious Revolution, as it is oftencalled, accomplished less than has been sometimes claimed for new classes were given the right to vote and there was noeffort to represent the people more completely in parliament. Itbrought few if any advantages to the common people. It was avery successful revolution, but not one that extended very deeplyor affected very many of the interests of the people. Nor was ita very high-minded revolution. The general desertion of Jamesby the army, the nobles, and gentry, and even by those who owedall their fortunes to him and who had been in daily intercoursewith him, was ungenerous and disloyal. Many of those also whonow betrayed him and took the part of William, afterwards, whenthere seemed some possibility of his return to England, madesecret agreements with him by mess
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