T1: James II Flashcards

1
Q

Louis came to throne

A

1685

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2
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Louis XIV revoked Edict of Nantes

A

1685

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3
Q

3 questions were put to all JPs about projected repeal of Test and Corporation Acts. based on reactions, some dismissed/replaced

A

Oct 1687

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4
Q

When did both Houses express their concern at James
- enlarging army
- appointing 80 Catholic officers (against Test Act)

A

Nov 1685

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5
Q

JII attempted to appeal to the Whigs from…

A

1686

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6
Q

whole political nation suspicious of JII by…

A

end of 1687

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7
Q

Monmouth’s Rebellion

A

Dorset June 1685

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8
Q

James makes attempts at toleration by prerogative powers

A

1685-7

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9
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James makes personal dispensations so Catholics can become officers

A

1685

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10
Q

JII’s ability to issue dispensations when he wanted to confirmed by Godden vs Hales case

A

1686

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11
Q

James issued a Declaration of Indulgence

A

1687

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12
Q

New Ecclesiastical Commission set up (under Dec of I) to act as court for Church affairs

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1687

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13
Q

what did JII use the Ecclesiastical Commission for that angered people?

A

Replace fellows at Magdalene College, Oxford, with Catholics - seemed like attack on Protestantism rather than equality

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14
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When did JII renew his Dec of Indulgence?

A

1688

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15
Q

what did JII order with the renewal of his DofI and what was the consequence?

A

that the Dec of I be read from pulpit n every parish. 7 Bishops refused and were arrested

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16
Q

Birth of James’ son, James, to Mary of Modena

A

1688

17
Q

William of Orange was sent a letter inviting him to invade England by 7 leading political figures

A

1688

18
Q

William of Orange lands in Devon

A

Nov 1688

19
Q

James flees to France

A

Dec 1688