In 1688, Britain’s Protestant elite was so desperate to avoid putting the Catholic James II on the throne of England that it invited a Dutchman, William of Orange, to take it instead. In 1922, after years of civil war in Ireland, Britain gave up its power in Dublin and split the country in two.
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State of the Union: is it reform or die?
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In 1688, Britain’s Protestant elite was so desperate to avoid putting the Catholic James II on the throne of England that it invited a Dutchman, William of Orange, to take it instead. In 1922, after years of civil war in Ireland, Britain gave up its power in Dublin and split the country in two.