THE LEGACY OF THE REVOLUTION In many ways, the Glorious Revolution was a typically English solution to the conflicts of the 17th Century. Unlike revolutions elsewhere, it achieved a compromise solution which avoided bloodshed and extremism. And in so doing, it gave Britain a constitution with the flexibility to accommodate the great social, economic, and political changes of the 18th and 19th centuries. Its key benefits include regular Parliaments and frequent elections, freedom of debate, accountable ministers, the emergence of a party political system, and a system in which Britain is governed by neither executive nor legislature - but by the 'Crown in Parliament'. The history of the monarchy in politics since 1689 is one of steadily diminishing power, and the Glorious Revolution began that process: the transfer of power from the Crown to the people.