Starter quiz
- Match the keywords to the correct definitions.
- revisionist⇔this type of historian tries to look at historical events in a new way ✓
- Whig⇔this type of historian believes that societies make progress over time ✓
- revolutionary⇔involving or causing a complete and dramatic change ✓
- monarch⇔a sovereign head of state, such as a king, queen or emperor ✓
- Why did the Whig interpretation of the Glorious Revolution fall out of favour?
- it has not fallen out of favour
- new evidence has been discovered ✓
- existing evidence has been thought about differently ✓
- the beliefs and values of historians have changed over the years ✓
- all historians have been told they must have a revisionist view point
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- Which revolution did Edmund Burke compare the Glorious Revolution to?
- 'French Revolution' ✓
- Complete the sentence: Some revisionist historians argue that the Glorious Revolution was ______ and was less significant.
- 'unrevolutionary' ✓
- Why does revisionist historian William Speck argue that the 1688 revolution created immediate and profound change, specifically in English politics?
- Parliament became a regular feature of life ✓
- Parliament did not became a regular feature of life
- Parliament now affected large parts of the population ✓
- Parliament continued to not affect large parts of the population
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- Which historian(s) looked at the Glorious Revolution through an economic lens and concluded that the increased importance of Parliament was beneficial to the economy?
- Edmund Burke
- Christopher Hill
- Douglas North and Barry Weingast ✓
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Exit quiz
- What do Whig historians see the Glorious Revolution to be one of the key building blocks of?
- World War One
- the American Revolution
- the invention of the car
- the British Empire ✓
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- Who do Whig historians see as the hero of the 1688 Revolution?
- James II
- William of Orange ✓
- the Jacobites
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- Complete the sentence: Whigs focus on the passing of the ______ of Rights and the growth in power of Parliament at the expense of the monarchy.
- 'Bill' ✓
- Complete the sentence: Some revisionist historians consider the ______ of England to be evidence that the Glorious Revolution was a revolutionary event.
- 'Bank' ✓
- Why would an Irish Catholic historian likely have a very different interpretation of the Glorious Revolution compared to an English Whig historian?
- they will consider the Irish and Protestant perspectives of the event
- they will consider the Scottish and Protestant perspectives of the event
- they will consider the Irish and Catholic perspectives of the event
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- Why did the Whig interpretation dominate historiography for 300 years?
- England was a devout Catholic country up until the late 20th century
- England was a devout Anglican country up until the late 20th century ✓
- the Whigs dominated the British political scene for a century afterwards ✓
- the Tories dominated the British political scene for a century afterwards
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Key learning points
- Whig and revisionist historians have different interpretations of how revolutionary the Glorious Revolution was.
- Whigs focus on the passing of the Bill of Rights and the growth in power of Parliament at the expense of the monarchy.
- Some revisionists argue that little changed, others say it was a very significant event that caused profound change.
- Whig and revisionist historians focus on different aspects of the Glorious Revolution in order to make their case.
Common misconception
The past never changes.
Our understanding of the past changes frequently, which causes us to look at events in different ways. As such, how we view the past is constantly changing.
Keywords
Whig - in history, a term used to describe an historian who believes that societies make progress over time
Revisionist - a revisionist historian tries to look at historical events or developments in a new way
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