1688 the First modern revolution

The English "Glorious revolution" of 1688, which had overthrown the last of the kings of the dynasty of the Stuarts James II, is considered to be not only peaceful and bloodless, but almost Patriarchal, - when it had, in equal measure, all of the most conservative sectors of contemporary English society, from the highest aristocracy to the peasantry.
Steven Pincus, analyzing the changes that brought the "Glorious revolution" not only of the UK, its overseas colonies, but throughout Europe, comes to a startling conclusion: this first modern revolution was the beginning of the society of liberalism, tolerance, the rule of law, economic and political freedom.