ABSTRACT
The Glorious Revolution in England was a compromise between the two parties. Its moderate nature is further highlighted by a comparison with events in Scotland, where the Revolution was a much more radical affair. The Scottish Jacobites withdrew themselves from the Scottish Convention which met on 14 March 1689, and as a result the settlement north of the border was worked out predominantly by Whigs. The Revolution certainly marked a belated victory for the policy of Exclusion, and finally established the legislative sovereignty of Parliament. The settlement which was worked out had to be palatable to all the leading protagonists: Whig and Tory politicians in the Lords and Commons; the Church Establishment and the Protestant Nonconformists; and the new monarchs themselves, William and Mary. The Revolution settlement was worked out in the Convention Parliament which assembled on 22 January 1689.
