Acts of Parliament

Question 1

Declaration of Indulgence, 1687

Answer 1

Suspended penal laws against Catholics and allowed some religious toleration for dissenters.

Question 2

Bill of Rights, 1689

Answer 2

Called for election to be both regular and free. It also ensured that a force could not be raised or kept in times of peace without the consent of parliament.

Question 3

Mutiny Act of 1689

Answer 3

Ensured the King could not court martial at will without the consent of parliament.

Question 4

Toleration Act of 1689

Answer 4

Catholics were excluded from public life whilst non-conformists could worship without persecution.

Question 5

Triennial Act of 1694

Answer 5

Ensured Parliament would be called regularly. Additionally, parliament had to give approval for a standing army to be kept in peace time and taxation without parliamentary consent was illegal.

Question 6

Tonnage Act of 1694

Answer 6

Provided a loan of £1.2 million at an interest rate of 8% to the crown.

Question 7

Recoinage Act of 1696

Answer 7

Allowed old coins to be surrendered and weight to ascertain their true value.

Question 8

Civil List Act of 1698

Answer 8

Gave the monarch a fixed financial allowance that could be approved by parliament.

Question 9

Public Accounts Act of 1690

Answer 9

Set up a commission to monitor how revenue was being spent by the Crown.

Question 10

Bill of Resumption of 1698

Answer 10

Any grants of land in Ireland given to members of the Privy Council were illegal.

Question 11

Act of Settlement 1701

Answer 11

Banned Catholics and those married to Catholics from assuming the throne. It also meant that judges could no longer be dismissed without the consent of parliament.

Question 12

Security of the Succession Act of 1701

Answer 12

Required nearly all public-office holders to take the oath of abjuration, denouncing James’s son as heir to the throne.