the Bloodless Revolution

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

the Bloodless Revolution [the Bloodless Revolution] BrE NAmE
the events in Britain in 1688 when the ↑Roman Catholic ↑James II was removed as king and replaced by his daughter Mary and her husband ↑William III (William of Orange). So many of James’s ↑Protestant officers joined William’s side that there was no fighting, and James escaped to France with his family. These events are also called the Glorious Revolution because ↑constitutional monarchy was introduced at the same time.