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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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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?

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1689

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19
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A Mutiny Act was passed every year until….

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1879

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20
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When was the Act of Settlement passed?

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1701

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

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1700

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22
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When did King William die?

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1702

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23
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When did Queen Anne rule?

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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

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1215

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26
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When was the Toleration Act passed?

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1689

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27
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When did William urge the repealing of the Test Act

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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?

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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

34
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Battle of the Boyne

35
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Battle of Aughrim

36
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Glencoe Massacre

37
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England suffers series of defeats to French in Nine Years War

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early 1690s

38
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The Whig Junto

39
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William vetoes a bill making judges dependent on good behaviour rather than royal favour

40
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William vetoes the Triennial Bill

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

42
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Whig Junto attempt to pass Triennial Bill, vetoed by William

43
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Triennial Bill passed with Royal Assent

44
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Triennial Act seen twice before in…

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1661, 1664

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

46
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What period is characterised as the ‘Rage of the Party’?

47
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When did the Licensing Act lapse (led to greater freedom of the press)

48
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statistic for number of elections as a result of Triennial Act

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6 elections 1689-1701

49
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After 1695, what % of MPs regularly engaged in cross-party voting?

49
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After what year was voting in the Commons done largely on party lines?

50
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Which party did the elections of 1695 favour, and what was the effect

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Whigs - cemented dominance in Parl and Privy Council

50
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plot by Stuart sympathisers to assassinate William discovered

51
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loyal Association to William

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1696 (after Jacobite assassination plot)

52
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when did the loyal Association become law?

53
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How many Tories refused to sign the Association before it became law?

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

55
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When did the Country faction manage to pass a law that limited W’s army to 10,000 through gov grants?

56
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when was no. of men in army (funded by gov) lowered to 7,000?

57
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The Civil List Act

58
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The Act of Resumption

59
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How much allowance was William granted under the Civil List Act?

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1697- granted £700,000 p/a

60
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When did the Whig Junto collapse?

61
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In what years election did Tories make significant gains?

62
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When was the Nine Years War?

63
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evidence for Parl not supporting W’s 9 Yrs War?

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after 1691 voted for only funding 10,000 troops

64
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When and how did W make up numbers of troops to fight war?

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

65
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What was gov debt at end of 9 Yrs War?

66
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Treaty of Ryswick

67
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average annual expenditure?

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£5.4 mill

68
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average annual tax revenue?

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£3.6 mill

69
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When did Parl grant W Land Tax?

70
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what fraction of annual revenue did land tax make up? example?

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1/3
e.g. £1 million in 1692

71
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what was the national debt by 1698? how much of annual revenue did repayment take up?

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

72
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Public Accounts Act

73
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Public Accounts Act renewed every year between

74
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commissions set up under Public Accounts Act became less successful

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late 1790s

75
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Tontine loan

76
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Tonnage Act (creation of the Bank of England)

77
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Recoinage Act

78
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How much did WIII raise in 1698 and how?

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

79
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how much of the money borrowed in the 1690s was from long-term loans?

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less than half

80
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When was the national debt created?

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