Topic 5 Flashcards

1
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Charles II died and James’ accession is broadly welcomed

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Feb 1685

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2
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Monmouth’s rebellion is crushed

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July 1685

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3
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Godden vs Hales case allows James to dispense individuals from the Test and Corporation Acts - allowing him to put Catholics in position in public office

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June 1686

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4
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James begins to purge opponents from local govs and replace with Catholics

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Aug 1686

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5
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William makes contact w James’ opponents

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Feb 1687

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6
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James issues his first Declaration of Indulgence, suspending all penal laws for religious dissenters

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April 1687

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7
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James issued 2nd Dec of Indulgence, confirming religious toleration

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April 1688

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8
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7 Bishops who refused to the Declaration are tried, acquitted and released to public celebration

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June 1688

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9
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Mary of Modena gives birth to a son

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June 1688

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10
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7 leading politicians write to William requesting help

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June 1688

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11
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William lands in Torbay, Devon, and moves East

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Nov 1688

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12
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William enters London and calls a Convention Parliament

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Dec 1688

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13
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James II escapes to France

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Dec 1688

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14
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Parliament declares that James has abdicated and left the throne vacant

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Jan 1689

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15
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The Crown is offered to William and Mary and the Declaration of Rights is read to them. They accept and are proclaimed King and Queen.

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February 1689

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16
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When was the Bill of Rights passed?

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1689

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17
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Disagreements over succession in Convention Parliament

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Jan 1689

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18
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When was the Mutiny Act passed?

A

1689

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19
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A Mutiny Act was passed every year until….

A

1879

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20
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When was the Act of Settlement passed?

A

1701

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21
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When did Prince William (Anne’s son) die?

A

1700

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22
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When did King William die?

A

1702

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23
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When did Queen Anne rule?

A

1702-1714

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24
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When was the term of the AofS that stated that monarchs could not leave Britain w/o Parliament’s consent repealed?

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1716

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25
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magna carta

A

1215

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26
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When was the Toleration Act passed?

A

1689

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27
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When did William urge the repealing of the Test Act

A

early 1689

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28
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Test Act

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1673

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29
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When was John Locke’s ‘A Letter Concerning Toleration’ printed?

A

1689

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30
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approx 400,000 dissenters in England by…

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1714

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31
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How many priests refused to swear oath of allegiance to William and Mary and were deprived of their livings?

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over 400

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32
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Formation of William’s Privy Council

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1689

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33
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William’s first Parliament

A

1690

34
Q

Battle of the Boyne

A

1690

35
Q

Battle of Aughrim

A

1691

36
Q

Glencoe Massacre

A

1692

37
Q

England suffers series of defeats to French in Nine Years War

A

early 1690s

38
Q

The Whig Junto

A

1692-7

39
Q

William vetoes a bill making judges dependent on good behaviour rather than royal favour

A

1692

40
Q

William vetoes the Triennial Bill

A

1693

41
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William vetoes bill to exclude placemen (person appointed to position in gov for personal profit and as reward for political support) from Commons

A

1694

42
Q

Whig Junto attempt to pass Triennial Bill, vetoed by William

A

1693

43
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Triennial Bill passed with Royal Assent

A

Jan 1694

44
Q

Triennial Act seen twice before in…

A

1661, 1664

45
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Triennial Act repealed and replaced with Septennial Act (every 7 yrs)

A

1716

46
Q

What period is characterised as the ‘Rage of the Party’?

A

1694-1716

47
Q

When did the Licensing Act lapse (led to greater freedom of the press)

A

1695

48
Q

statistic for number of elections as a result of Triennial Act

A

6 elections 1689-1701

49
Q

After 1695, what % of MPs regularly engaged in cross-party voting?

A

only 14%

49
Q

After what year was voting in the Commons done largely on party lines?

A

1695

50
Q

Which party did the elections of 1695 favour, and what was the effect

A

Whigs - cemented dominance in Parl and Privy Council

50
Q

plot by Stuart sympathisers to assassinate William discovered

A

Feb 1696

51
Q

loyal Association to William

A

1696 (after Jacobite assassination plot)

52
Q

when did the loyal Association become law?

A

1696

53
Q

How many Tories refused to sign the Association before it became law?

A

89

54
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How many JPs were removed from office as a result of being unable to support the Association?

A

86 (1696)

55
Q

When did the Country faction manage to pass a law that limited W’s army to 10,000 through gov grants?

A

1697

56
Q

when was no. of men in army (funded by gov) lowered to 7,000?

A

1698

57
Q

The Civil List Act

A

1697

58
Q

The Act of Resumption

A

1699

59
Q

How much allowance was William granted under the Civil List Act?

A

1697- granted £700,000 p/a

60
Q

When did the Whig Junto collapse?

A

1698

61
Q

In what years election did Tories make significant gains?

A

1701

62
Q

When was the Nine Years War?

A

1688-97

63
Q

evidence for Parl not supporting W’s 9 Yrs War?

A

after 1691 voted for only funding 10,000 troops

64
Q

When and how did W make up numbers of troops to fight war?

A

1695- recruited 68,000 men, cost £2.8 mill

65
Q

What was gov debt at end of 9 Yrs War?

A

£17 mill

66
Q

Treaty of Ryswick

A

Sep 1697

67
Q

average annual expenditure?

A

£5.4 mill

68
Q

average annual tax revenue?

A

£3.6 mill

69
Q

When did Parl grant W Land Tax?

A

1692

70
Q

what fraction of annual revenue did land tax make up? example?

A

1/3
e.g. £1 million in 1692

71
Q

what was the national debt by 1698? how much of annual revenue did repayment take up?

A

£16.7 mill
repayment took up 30% of Crown’s annual revenue

72
Q

Public Accounts Act

A

1690

73
Q

Public Accounts Act renewed every year between

A

1791-7

74
Q

commissions set up under Public Accounts Act became less successful

A

late 1790s

75
Q

Tontine loan

A

1793

76
Q

Tonnage Act (creation of the Bank of England)

A

1794

77
Q

Recoinage Act

A

1695

78
Q

How much did WIII raise in 1698 and how?

A

£2mill at 8% interest by promising investors a stake in the East India Company

79
Q

how much of the money borrowed in the 1690s was from long-term loans?

A

less than half

80
Q

When was the national debt created?

A

1692