Topic 5 Dates Flashcards
Charles II died and James’ accession is broadly welcomed
Feb 1685
Monmouth’s rebellion is crushed
July 1685
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
June 1686
James begins to purge opponents from local govs and replace with Catholics
Aug 1686
William makes contact w James’ opponents
Feb 1687
James issues his first Declaration of Indulgence, suspending all penal laws for religious dissenters
April 1687
James issued 2nd Dec of Indulgence, confirming religious toleration
April 1688
7 Bishops who refused to the Declaration are tried, acquitted and released to public celebration
June 1688
Mary of Modena gives birth to a son
June 1688
7 leading politicians write to William requesting help
June 1688
William lands in Torbay, Devon, and moves East
Nov 1688
William enters London and calls a Convention Parliament
Dec 1688
James II escapes to France
Dec 1688
Parliament declares that James has abdicated and left the throne vacant
Jan 1689
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.
February 1689
When was the Bill of Rights passed?
1689
Disagreements over succession in Convention Parliament
Jan 1689
When was the Mutiny Act passed?
1689
A Mutiny Act was passed every year until….
1879
When was the Act of Settlement passed?
1701
When did Prince William (Anne’s son) die?
1700
When did King William die?
1702
When did Queen Anne rule?
1702-1714
When was the term of the AofS that stated that monarchs could not leave Britain w/o Parliament’s consent repealed?
1716
magna carta
1215
When was the Toleration Act passed?
1689
When did William urge the repealing of the Test Act
early 1689
Test Act
1673
When was John Locke’s ‘A Letter Concerning Toleration’ printed?
1689
approx 400,000 dissenters in England by…
1714
How many priests refused to swear oath of allegiance to William and Mary and were deprived of their livings?
over 400
Formation of William’s Privy Council
1689