&gt; the Glorious Revolution was at least as big a breach in political continuity as the American Revolution<p>Not really, not post-Civil War. It was a reaffirmation of the same principle - that Parliament governed the country and could determine who sat on the throne. William of Orange came at the invitation of Parliament (and although he was declared King that was more a matter of being married to Mary than of being King in his own right or by force of arms). The Hannoverians were placed on the throne by the Act of Settlement. We don&#x27;t see either as an invasion or revolution.