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Charles II died and James’ accession is broadly welcomed

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Feb 1685

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Monmouth’s rebellion is crushed

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July 1685

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

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Aug 1686

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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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James issued 2nd Dec of Indulgence, confirming religious toleration

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April 1688

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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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Mary of Modena gives birth to a son

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June 1688

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7 leading politicians write to William requesting help

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June 1688

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William lands in Torbay, Devon, and moves East

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Nov 1688

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William enters London and calls a Convention Parliament

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Dec 1688

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James II escapes to France

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Dec 1688

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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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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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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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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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When was the Act of Settlement passed?

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1701

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

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1700

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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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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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magna carta
1215
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When was the Toleration Act passed?
1689
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When did William urge the repealing of the Test Act
early 1689
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Test Act
1673
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When was John Locke’s ‘A Letter Concerning Toleration’ printed?
1689
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approx 400,000 dissenters in England by...
1714
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How many priests refused to swear oath of allegiance to William and Mary and were deprived of their livings?
over 400
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Formation of William's Privy Council
1689
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William's first Parliament
1690
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Battle of the Boyne
1690
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Battle of Aughrim
1691
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Glencoe Massacre
1692
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England suffers series of defeats to French in Nine Years War
early 1690s
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The Whig Junto
1692-7
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William vetoes a bill making judges dependent on good behaviour rather than royal favour
1692
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William vetoes the Triennial Bill
1693
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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
1694
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Whig Junto attempt to pass Triennial Bill, vetoed by William
1693
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Triennial Bill passed with Royal Assent
Jan 1694
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Triennial Act seen twice before in...
1661, 1664
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Triennial Act repealed and replaced with Septennial Act (every 7 yrs)
1716
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What period is characterised as the 'Rage of the Party'?
1694-1716
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When did the Licensing Act lapse (led to greater freedom of the press)
1695
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statistic for number of elections as a result of Triennial Act
6 elections 1689-1701
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After 1695, what % of MPs regularly engaged in cross-party voting?
only 14%
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After what year was voting in the Commons done largely on party lines?
1695
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Which party did the elections of 1695 favour, and what was the effect
Whigs - cemented dominance in Parl and Privy Council
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plot by Stuart sympathisers to assassinate William discovered
Feb 1696
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loyal Association to William
1696 (after Jacobite assassination plot)
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when did the loyal Association become law?
1696
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How many Tories refused to sign the Association before it became law?
89
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How many JPs were removed from office as a result of being unable to support the Association?
86 (1696)
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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?
1697
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when was no. of men in army (funded by gov) lowered to 7,000?
1698
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The Civil List Act
1697
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The Act of Resumption
1699
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How much allowance was William granted under the Civil List Act?
1697- granted £700,000 p/a
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When did the Whig Junto collapse?
1698
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In what years election did Tories make significant gains?
1701
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When was the Nine Years War?
1688-97
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evidence for Parl not supporting W's 9 Yrs War?
after 1691 voted for only funding 10,000 troops
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When and how did W make up numbers of troops to fight war?
1695- recruited 68,000 men, cost £2.8 mill
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What was gov debt at end of 9 Yrs War?
£17 mill
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Treaty of Ryswick
Sep 1697
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average annual expenditure?
£5.4 mill
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average annual tax revenue?
£3.6 mill
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When did Parl grant W Land Tax?
1692
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what fraction of annual revenue did land tax make up? example?
1/3 e.g. £1 million in 1692
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what was the national debt by 1698? how much of annual revenue did repayment take up?
£16.7 mill repayment took up 30% of Crown’s annual revenue
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Public Accounts Act
1690
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Public Accounts Act renewed every year between
1791-7
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commissions set up under Public Accounts Act became less successful
late 1790s
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Tontine loan
1793
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Tonnage Act (creation of the Bank of England)
1794
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Recoinage Act
1695
78
How much did WIII raise in 1698 and how?
£2mill at 8% interest by promising investors a stake in the East India Company
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how much of the money borrowed in the 1690s was from long-term loans?
less than half
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When was the national debt created?
1692

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