PUBLIC TIMELINE / SIMULATIONGuest creator · seed 482719
1688—1715 · STORY MODE
February 2nd, 1688 - The Slippers Day
“Groggy Slippers, leader of the Order of the Slipping Lads, in 1688 leaded the Slipper Revolution, assasinated the English monarch James II thanks to popular leadership and the Glorious Revolution?”
OUTCOME / 1715
If Groggy can secure parliamentary recognition and disciplined supporters, the revolution may become a constrained constitutional settlement; if not, William and the established elite can isolate him without restoring James's rule.
E / ELSEWHEN SPECULATIVE SIMULATION
DIVERGENCE50%History still exerts pressure
DEFINING DECISIONS3Choices permanently recorded
STATE HASH0bdd76bcReproducible record
BRANCHES13 comparable runs
YOUR WORLD IN ONE VIEW
Slippers Claim the Crown as Parliament Challenges the New King
If Groggy can secure parliamentary recognition and disciplined supporters, the revolution may become a constrained constitutional settlement; if not, William and the established elite can isolate him without restoring James's rule.
SAME PREMISE · SAME SEED
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Compare where identical initial conditions split. The changed decisions and consequences—not a new random seed—explain the difference.
COMPLETED WORLD · 1715
Slippers Claim the Crown as Parliament Challenges the New King
80% divergenceCompare worlds COMPLETED WORLD · 1715Slippers Claim the Crown as Parliament Challenges the New King
100% divergenceCompare worlds WORLD IN MOTION · 1692September 4th, 1690 - The Order of the Slipping Lads & Will Pillows murder the parliament.
100% divergenceCompare worlds1688 / ORIGIN1715 / ELSEWHEN
prosperity420.0
approval630.0
stability59+1.2
education290.0
trade410.0
risk51+1.1
The defining record
The moments that made history split.
1690
01 · POLITICS
Slippers Claim the Crown as Parliament Challenges the New King
After James II is assassinated, Groggy Slippers proclaims himself king, but Parliament, Anglican leaders, and William of Orange refuse to treat popular acclaim as sufficient lawful succession.
approval · An early shiftPublic trust grewrisk · A visible changeViolence became more likelystability · A visible changeThe political order lost its footing
WHAT REMAINS UNRESOLVED
Popular kingship versus parliamentary legitimacy
84% plausible1692
02 · INSTITUTIONS
Parliament Summons a Convention to Test the Slipper Crown
With James II dead and Groggy Slippers claiming the throne, leading parliamentarians summon a convention to determine whether popular acclaim can be converted into lawful authority without inviting civil conflict.
approval · An early shiftPublic trust grewprosperity · An early shiftDaily life became more prosperousrisk · A visible changeViolence became more likelystability · A visible changeThe political order lost its footing
WHAT REMAINS UNRESOLVED
Popular kingship versus parliamentary legitimacy
82% plausible1697
03 · INSTITUTIONS
Parliament Binds William’s Settlement While the Slipper Claim Endures
England’s Parliament converts its invitation to William of Orange into a conditional settlement, securing Protestant rule while leaving Groggy Slippers and northern supporters outside the lawful government.
approval · A visible changePublic trust grewprosperity · An early shiftDaily life became more prosperousrisk · A visible changeViolence became more likelystability · An early shiftThe political order lost its footing
WHAT REMAINS UNRESOLVED
Popular kingship versus parliamentary legitimacy
84% plausible1699
04 · INSTITUTIONS
Parliament Secures the Protestant Succession Against the Slipper Claim
As William’s settlement takes hold, Parliament moves to define the Protestant succession and require public officers to recognize it, forcing Groggy Slippers and northern magistrates to choose between accommodation and organized resistance.
approval · An early shiftPublic trust grewprosperity · A visible changeDaily life became more prosperousrisk · An early shiftViolence became more likelystability · A visible changeInstitutions gained control
WHAT REMAINS UNRESOLVED
Popular kingship versus parliamentary legitimacy
88% plausible1706
05 · INSTITUTIONS
Parliament Opens a Committee on the Slipper Petitions
A supervised northern petition reaches Westminster, where ministers agree to examine its grievances without recognizing Groggy Slippers’s crown. The inquiry gives the movement lawful visibility while exposing it to parliamentary control.
approval · An early shiftPublic trust grewprosperity · An early shiftDaily life became more prosperousrisk · An early shiftThe threat of conflict recededstability · A visible changeInstitutions gained control
WHAT REMAINS UNRESOLVED
Popular kingship versus parliamentary legitimacy
82% plausible1715
06 · INSTITUTIONS
Parliamentary England Turns Groggy’s Slipper Crown into a Licensed Reform Movement
By 1715, Groggy Slippers accepts that Parliament will not recognize his crown, while registered northern clubs preserve his petitions as a lawful reform tradition under magistrates’ supervision.
culturalReach · A visible changeThe idea captured a wider audiencerisk · An early shiftViolence became more likelystability · An early shiftInstitutions gained control
WHAT REMAINS UNRESOLVED
Popular kingship versus parliamentary legitimacy
86% plausibleSame past.
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