The "Glorious Revolution" in 1688 in England was significant for
A)restoring Charles II and the Stuart dynasty to power.
B)bloodlessly deposing James II in favor of William of Orange.
C)returning England to a Catholic commonwealth.
D)Parliament's establishment of a new monarch through a series of bloody wars.
E)the abolishment of the monarchy in favor of a republican "commonwealth."

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The "Glorious Revolution" in 1688 bloodlessly deposed James II in favor of William of Orange. This event was significant because it established the principle of parliamentary sovereignty and the idea that the monarch ruled with the consent of Parliament. It also marked the beginning of the modern constitutional monarchy in Britain.

The "Glorious Revolution" in 1688 in England Was Significant for