THE GLORIOUS REVOLUTION - LEGISLATION Flashcards
BILL OF RIGHTS 1698
TERMS (5)
- JAMES CANNOT OVERRULE PARLIAMENT
- CANNOT GO AGAINST THE TEST ACT - REMOVE LAWS
- FINDING MONEY FROM OTHER SOURCES THAN PARLIAMENT DEEMED ILLEGAL
- NO BIAS IN COURT
- REGULAR PARLIAMENT
BILL OF RIGHTS
IMPACT
AN ATTEMPT TO REMOVE THE LONG TERM GRIEVANCES AGAINST PARLIAMENT - HOWEVER ONLY CODIFIED EVIDENCE, DIDNT REALLY INTRO NEW LEGISLATION
BILL OF RIGHTS
LINKS
THE 19 PROPOSITIONS
THE GRAND REMONSTRANCE
PETITION OF RIGHT
BILL OF RIGHTS
LACK OF IMPACT
FAILURE TO LIMIT THE EXTENT FOR ROYAL POWER I.E. CAN STILL CHOOSE BISHOPS AND OWN MINISTERS
LACKS ANY FORM OF DEMOCRACY
THE ACT OF SETTLEMENT 1701
TERMS (4)
- CATHOLICS BLOCKED FROM EVER BECOMING MONARCH
- ROYAL PARDONS VOID WITH IMPEACHMENT ISSUES
- GOVERNMENT MATTERS TO BE CONDUCTED IN PRIVY COUNCIL MEETINGS
- NO PERSON WHO HELD OFFICE UNDER MONARCH COULD BECOME AN MP
THE ACT OF SETTLEMENT
IMPACT
FEAR OF CATHOLICISM REVOKED
INTRO OF NEW LEGISLATURE WANTED SINCE 1689
NO FOREIGN MONARCHS TO ENTER ENGLAND INTO WAR
WILLIAM REMAINS IN A STRONG POSITION AS CLAUSES CAME INTO EFFECT AFTER HIS DEATH
THE ACT OF SETTLEMENT
DETAILS
PASSED SUCCESSION TO SOPHIE FROM HOUSE OF HANOVER - DIED BEFORE SHE COULD TAKE THE MONARCHY SO PASSED TO HER SON, GEORGE (1714)
TRIENNIAL ACT 1694
PARLIAMENT HAS TO MEET EVERY 3 YEARS, HOWEVER CANNOT LAST MORE THAN 3 YEARS - WAS VETOED BY WILLIAM IN 1693, GAINED ROYAL ASSENT IN 1694
MUTINY ACT 1689
PREVENTED MONARCH FROM COURT MARTIALING SOLDIERS WITHOUT PARLIAMENT CONSENT
DID NOT GUARANTEE REGULAR PARLIAMENTS - ENDED IN 1697
CIVIL LIST
PARLIAMENT GAINED POWER - CONTROL FINANCES/ARMY
ALLOCATED £700,000 FOR COST OF LIVING OF WILLIAM