The Glorious Revolution

Question 1

When did Charles II return from exile?

Answer 1

May 25th 1660 (after a decade of Republican Rule in the British Isles)

Question 2

What was Charles II promise?

Answer 2

A return to normality.
Essentially ignoring the religious strife, civil war and the Cromwellian occupation of previous decades

Question 3

Where did Charles II get exiled to?

Answer 3

France and the Spanish Netherlands.

Question 4

What was William III of Orange classed as?

Answer 4

He was considered a ‘Child of State’ and educated by John de Witt who was the political leader of the Dutch Republic.

Question 5

Who did William of Orange marry?

Answer 5

Mary, daughter of James who was the Duke of York in 1677

Question 6

What did De Witt and his supporters oppose to the Prince of Oranges’ rule?

Answer 6

The hereditary rule, believed that there was an era of ‘True Freedom’

Question 7

How did the Prince of Orange gain power?

Answer 7

He gained power as Stadtholder in 1672 following the successful French invasion of the Dutch Republic where Charles II allied with Louis XIV

Question 8

What did William of Orange spend his life doing?

Answer 8

Battling the French expansion on the European continent

Question 9

What was the consequence of Catholic army officers?

Answer 9

It caused a breach with English Parliament. Similar things happened in Scotland and Ireland with commanding officers

Question 10

What happened for the Scottish Catholics and Quakers in February 1686?

Answer 10

Freedom of worship was granted

Question 11

What religious change happened in the 1680’s in Scotland?

Answer 11

Catholic converts replace Protestant officers in several posts. Catholic printing press and Jesuit college established at Hollyrood Palace in Edinburgh.

Question 12

Where did the King want the ‘Declaration of Indulgence’ to be read and what was the repercussions against the six bishops who petitioned against it?

Answer 12

He wanted to have the declaration read in all Anglican churches however, on 18th May 1688, six bishops petitioned the King asking him to not insist on this measure. King James decided to prosecute them for seditious libel and imprisoned them in the Tower of London where they were tried in the June and acquitted.

Question 13

Who was born on the 10th June 1688?

Answer 13

The Kings son, James Francis Edward – the Catholic male heir

Question 14

What was considered a catalyst to the Glorious Revolution?

Answer 14

The birth of King James son, James

Question 15

What were the British Protestants having to face?

Answer 15

The prospect of a Catholic dynasty. James Francis Edward would succeed to the throne well before his elder half-sisters would

Question 16

Who invited William of Orange to invade England?

Answer 16

Seven English noblemen – 2 Tories and 5 Whigs

Question 17

How large was the Prince of Orange army and where did they land?

Answer 17

The army consisted of 20,000 men and they landed in Torbay in Devonshire on 5th November 1688

Question 18

How many copies of the Declaration of the Prince of Orange was written?

Answer 18

60,000 – written by Caspar Fagel who was the Grand Pensionary of Holland which was translated by Gilbert Burnett

Question 19

Why did William of Orange create a slow march to London?

Answer 19

To give James II the opportunity to flee

Question 20

What was the purpose of the Prince of Orange’s invasion?

Answer 20

Not to become King himself but to secure the Protestant faith from Catholicism and an arbitrary government and return the independence back to Parliament

Question 21

When did Mary and William accept the English throne?

Answer 21

13th February, they were then offered the Scottish throne in April 1689

Question 22

What did William proceed to do still once accepting the throne?

Answer 22

He continued to fight wars on the European continent against Louis XIV of France which was funded by both the States of Holland and English Parliament