Chapter 24 Flashcards
What is the ‘Cabinet Government’?
Small group of selected ministers who would give advice to the King
Name and explain 2 policies passed in the first parliament from 90’ to 95’
The Act of Grace
- Pardoned the majority for their actions in the glorious revolution
Bank of England was created
- to manage the national debt
Treason Trial Bill and the Judges bill
- reduced the Kings power in legal matters
In the second parliament from 95’ to 98’, name 3 reasons why opposition to the war developed
- Influence of Williams’ advisors, concerns of autocracy due to power being held with a few (cabinet and king)
- Increasing land taxes
- Influence of monied men, they may become more influential than political nation
- Bank of Engalnd
- Entanglement in European affairs
In the second parliament from 95’ to 98’, why were the Junto Whigs able to hold power in parliament until 97, and what led to their decline
Due to an assassination attempt on the king in 96’, Junto Whigs forced everyone in office to make an oath that William was their King, but country men saw William as a de facto king, thus didn’t make an oath, so most of the pary was jsut Junto Whigs
Due to the treaty of Ryswick which ended the European war, they had no influence over the king as they had nothing to finance anymore
In the third parliament from 98’ to 00’, what was the ‘Disbanding Bill’?
Reduce Williams’ standing army to 7000
In the third parliament from 98’ to 00’, what was the ‘Place Bill’?
designed to exclude thousands of crown office holders from parliament by removing ‘foreigners’, some were Williams’ advisors
In the forth parliament from 01’ to 01’, what was the ‘act of settlement’? and name a policy
Excluded 57 catholic heirs to the throne and favored Protestant Sophia of Hannover and her descendants
- Any non-English monarch must have consent from parliament to deciare war on any non-English owned territories
- Monarch must be protestant
In the fifth parliament from 02’ to 03’, what was the ‘Abjuration Act’?
Abjuration means to denounce
Required all MPs to deny allegiance to James II and his descendants
