T5: What was the impact of the Toleration Act of 1689 and of Anglican supremacy?

Question 1

when was the Toleration Act?

Answer 1

1689

Question 2

what was the cause of the Toleration Act?

Answer 2

• Anglican Churchmen + Tories wanted to ensure worship within church remained uniform
• William (+Whigs) wanted to repeal Test Act as did not want all public office holders to have to take Anglican Communion
• Toleration Act was a compromise. passed with a promise for calls for uniformity to be referred to Convocation later in year

Question 3

what influenced William’s desire for toleration?

Answer 3

John Locke’s ‘A Letter Concerning Toleration’ 1689

Question 4

what did the Toleration Act say?

Answer 4

Dissenters exempted from punishment if took oath of allegiance to Crown + accepted 1678 Test Act

Question 5

what year was the Test Act from?

Answer 5

1678

Question 6

what did the Test Act stipulate?

Answer 6

could not enter public employment without swearing loyalty to Anglican Church

Question 7

how did the Toleration Act make special dispensations made for certain dissenting groups?

Answer 7

Quakers who would not take oaths, allowed to proclaim instead that they denied the Pope’s authority

Question 8

were dissenters completely trusted under the Toleration Act?

Answer 8

no - meetings closely monitored and doors could not be locked

Question 9

who did the Toleration Act not include?

Answer 9

Catholics, Jews and non-Trinitarians

Question 10

in what way were those included in the Toleration Act not equal?

Answer 10

had to pay tithes to a Church they did not attend

Question 11

which religious group gained most from the Glorious Revolution?

Answer 11

Catholics- safety guaranteed by William’s alliances with Catholic countries, and appeared to enjoy universal toleration despite legal limitations. Could worship freely and practice mass.

Question 12

what is a confessional state?

Answer 12

a state that recognises a particular religion

Question 13

how did the Toleration Act affect England as a confessional state?

Answer 13

end of confessional state forever

Question 14

stat for number of dissenters as a result of TA?

Answer 14

400,000 in England by 1714, 8% of population

Question 15

other than the end of the confessional state, what are 2 consequences of the Toleration Act?

Answer 15

• humiliated Anglican clergy and Tories in commons
• Anglicans still dominated powerful positions in gov and life

Question 16

how were Anglican clergy and Tories in the commons humiliated as a result of the TA?

Answer 16

Whig majority insisted that all clergy should swear oath of allegiance to W+M, but many had already sworn to James and believed in passive obedience. over 400 priests refused and were deprived of their livings

Question 17

how many priests were deprived of their livings and why?

Answer 17

over 400, refused to swear oath of allegiance to W+M because of passive obedience

Question 18

why did Anglicans still dominate powerful positions in government and life?

Answer 18

non-Anglicans could not go to university, study law, medicine or go into public office

Question 19

what was the aim of the Toleration Act?

Answer 19

Toleration Act passed with intention of controlling dissenters rather than a belief in genuine toleration- aim to preserve Anglican supremacy

Question 20

what the concept of the TA new?

Answer 20

no - 1650 Toleration Act had already removed requirement to go to parish church, although more people now included

Question 21

how did the TA impact church courts?

Answer 21

Power of church courts (important in upholding authority of confessional state) severely restricted by Toleration Act

Question 22

why did Anglicans still held all positions of power + influence?

Answer 22

1678 Test Act not repealed