the triennial act and act of settlement

Question 1

what was William forced to do in return for grants of wartime revenue

Answer 1

William was forced to trade some of his control over the summoning and dissolving parliament

Question 2

what did the prolongation of the war force William to accept

Answer 2

to accept more limitations on his prerogative powers

Question 3

what did William grudgingly give assent to + why

Answer 3

• Triennial bill
• as he knew vetoing against it might lead to parliament using its financial power to squeeze his war funds

Question 4

what did the updated Triennial act mean in regards to parliament

Answer 4

parliament could sit for no longer than three years before new elections

Question 5

what did parliament not sitting for longer than three years before new elections reduce + how

Answer 5

• reduced the crown’s power
• king was no longer able to use his powers of patronage to build a ‘court party’ of loyal MPs in the commons

Question 6

what did the Triennial act give the commons

Answer 6

a new found confidence

Question 7

what did William needing parliamentary taxes to fight the French lead to

Answer 7

parliament gained increased control over government finance

Question 8

what did political necessity force William to do

Answer 8

• appoint men (Whigs) he loathed
• forced to reduce the size of the army as a result of a parliamentary decision

Question 9

what did the terms of the Triennial act include

Answer 9

• line of succession was set down
• all future monarchs were to be in communion with the Church of England
• no future monarch could leave the British Isles without parliamentary consent