Self-government remains a fundamental American principle that admits no qualification or compromise. A commitment to ...

for in many ways the Americans believed they were replicating the Glorious Revolution of 1688: He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the ...

In the revolution of 1688-1689, James VII and II had been overthrown. The English Parliament had invited his Protestant daughter Mary and her husband William of Orange to become joint monarchs.