Sentence:  In 1688 New York and New Jersey were added to the Dominion of New England, and there is evidence that Pennsylvania and even Maryland were to be next. But before these imperial plans could mature, James II was toppled from the throne by the <WSD>Glorious Revolution</WSD>. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  The 1688 deposition of (James II) as King of England and Ireland and (as James VII) of Scotland and his subsequent replacement by his daughter (Mary II) and her Dutch husband (William III) (II of Scotland).