Stuarts fab 5 revision

Pol+Rel, Econ, Society

Arminian advisers Laud + Neile to Privy Council in ______

1626

Parliament attempt to impeach Buckingham in ____ so C1 does what?

1626, dissolves Parliament

Forced loan in ______ - raised £_______

1626, £240 000

Buckingham assassinated in ____ by _____

1628, John Felton

Protestation

March 1629

Laud —> Archbishop of Canterbury in _____

1633

Distraint of Knighthood in _____ - raised £____

1630, £174 000

Ship Money in _____ (extended ______) - raised £______

1634, 1635, £800 000

“coiled spring” ——> Pym speech in _______

April 1640

Book of Canons (Scotland)

1636

New Prayer Book (Scotland) - who threw stool in protest?

1637, Jenney Geddes

1st Bishop’s War

spring 1639

short parliament

April 1640

2nd Bishop’s War

autumn 1640

Treaty of Ripon + how much money to scots army?

Oct 1640 - £850 a day

Long parliament begins

nov 1640

1641 long parliament actions (5)

Triennial Act

Act of Attainder vs Strafford - executed in May

Abolition of Prerogative courts - Star Chamber and High Commission

Ship Money illegal

10 propositions

19 propositions

June 1642

1st Civil War

1642 - 46

Battle of Edgehill (stalemate)

Battle of Marston Moor (Parl Victory)

1642

1644

NMA created

1645

CI surrenders

apr 1646

Levellers develop agreement of the people

1646 - 49

CI signs Scottish Engagement

Dec 1647

2nd civil war

1648

Pride’s purge in ______ - how many remain?

Dec 1648, 240

CI executed at Whitehall

30 Jan 1649

3rd civil war (Eng vs Scots + CII)

1650-52

Rump’s Toleration Act

sep 1650

_____ Rump acts in 1649

down to ____ in 1652

125

51

OC + army dissolve Rump

April 1653

Nominated Assembly shuts itself down

Dec 1653

Instrument of Government drawn up by GCO (General Council of Officers)

Dec 1653

OC rule by ordinance in 1654 - how many issued??

82

_____ - _____ 1st Protectorate Parliament - How many MPs withdraw?

Sep 1654 - Jan 1655, 100

Rule by Major Generals

1655-56

2nd Protectorate Parliament

1656-58

Humble Petition and Advice presented to OC - key change = parliament control of army

March 1657

OC dies

sep 58

Richard Cromwell resigns

May 1659

Monck reverses Pride’s Purge

Feb 1660

Convention Parliament votes for return of the king - CII restored

May 1660

Savoy Meeting (No agreement on religion)

1661

Clarendon Code: 5 Acts aiming to destroy influence of dissenters (Puritans, presbytarians, radicals)

Corporation Act 1661

Act of Uniformity 1662

Quaker Act 1662

Conventicle Act 1664

Five Mile Act 1665

Hearth Tax _____ - what fraction of its expected income did it raise?

1661, 1/3

2nd Anglo-Dutch War: ____-_____

3rd Anglo Dutch War: _____-_____

tensions with parliament because CII allies with _____ under king ______

1665-1667

1672-1674

France, Louis XIV

Treaty of Dover - French subsidies

1670

CII’s 2nd Declaration of Indulgence in force ____ to ______ - now includes ______. seen as abuse of _______

1672 to 1673

Catholics

Royal prerogative

“Stop the Exchequer” - stops repayment of debts

1672

CII growing financial independence:

new treasurer _____ in _____

scares parl - condemned by Whig _________ in _______

Danby, 1673

Shaftesbury, 1675

Test Act - exposed ______ as Catholic

1673, James

Popish Plot rumours circulate _____-______

started by _____

1678-79

Oates

Exclusion Crisis: 3 bills + CII reaction

1st exclusion bill 1679

2nd exclusion bill 1680

3rd exclusion bill 1681 - CII closes parliament for good

CII personal rule ____-____

1681-85

CII begins revising borough charters

1681

JII 1st Declaration of Indulgence

1687

JII new Court of Ecclesiastical Commission

1686

JII 2nd Declaration of Indulgence - ___ bishops disobey

1688, 7

Fear of Catholics exacerbated by Louis XIV revoking the Edict of Nantes in _____, ending Protestant toleration in France

1685

JII Catholic wife ______ has a son _____

Mary of Modena, 1688

letter to William of Orange _____ signed by ____ leading political figres

1688, 7

Glorious Revolution - WofO lands in ______, _______

Devon, Nov 1688

Norfolk rotation

turnips, barley, clover, wheat

more land put to use:

_____ acres of arable land in 1420, _____ fallow

______ acres in 1700, ____ fallow

7m, 3m

9m, 1.8m

specialization:

light soil e.g. ______ and _______ suited to new fodder crops

heavy soil e.g. ________ switch from grain to pasture farming

Norfolk, Kent

Leicestershire

Development of national markets - improvements to transport:

Turnpike Act of _____

what done to rivers?

1663

dredging

Gentry investment in agriculture:

Land in >100 acre estates in S midlands goes from ____% to _____% over course of century

growing class of landless labourers - grows to over ___ by 1688

32.2% to 53.5%

1m

shipments of grain to London via Thames:

______ quarters in 1605

________ in 1661

0.5m

1.15m

exports of grain abroad:

_____ quarters p.a. in 1660

______ in 1675

2,000

300,000

growth of London:

_______ in 1600

_______ in 1700

200,000

575,000

growth of ports (especially London):

merchant fleet up from ______ tons to ______ tons

115,000 to 340,000

textile exports:

£______ out of England in 1560s

£______ out of London alone by 1660s

£600,000

£1.5m

Dutch immigration: ______ Dutch craftsmen in Norwich and Colchester alone by early 17C

Huguenot immigration following ______ in 1685: silk craftsmen to London

4,000

Edict of Nantes

1670 - _____ goldsmith bankers in London

1677 - _____

32

44

insurance prices fall ____% over 17C as industry becomes more established

75%

interest rates fall from ___ to ___% over 17C as system becomes more efficient

10% to 6%

merchants in England:

______ in 1580

_______ in 1688

30,000

64,000

proportion of trade with Europe in 1640 - _____%

in 1700 - ____%

94%

67%

3 examples of colonial goods

Sugar from the Caribbean

Tobacco from America

Calico from India

1640: domestic exports £____, re-exported goods £_____

1700: domestic exports £____, re-exported goods £_____

£2.3m, £0.5m

£4.4m, £2m

Navigation Acts in ____ and ____

3 points to say

1651 and 1660

Role in breaking Dutch trade monopoly

Ensured cheap imports of colonial goods for reexport

Benefitted English businesses - allowed English textiles to dominate European markets

gentry size up _____ from 1500 to 1650 - higher than pop growth as a whole

300%

by late 17C, gentry own ____ of land

nobility only own ____

50%

15%

Proportion of land in South midlands in estates >100 acres:

____ in 1600

____ by 1700

32%

54%

combined income of merchant class in 1700: _____ per annum

£4m

net migration into London mid-17C: _____ a year

life expectancy was ____ in impoverished suburbs

6,000

25

whose method paved way for scientific revolution?

Royal Society created _____

Francis Bacon

1667

Research on increasing efficiency of timber production for shipbuilding:

Fellow _____’s “____” published ____

Study on improving agriculture:

_______’s “__ _______ __ ______ __ __ _______ __ _______ __ ____” published in _____

Evelyn, Sylva, 1664

Houghton, A collection of letters for the improvement of husbandry and trade, 1681

Impact of sci rev on politics:

2 most important political thinkers opposing divine right and promoting “social contract”

Hobbes and Locke

1689 events x4

Declaration of Rights

Coronation Oath

Bill of Rights

Mutiny Act

Triennial Act of ____

what had happened to it the previous year?

1694

William vetoed

No more censorship of the press because?

Lapsing of the Licensing Act in 1695

Act of Settlement in ____

who is named as next 2 in line?

1701

Anne then George of Hanover

Politics:

1690 elections Whig/Tory split - ____ vs _____

Whig Junto begins to dominate by ____ - name one and his role

225 vs 206

1694, Montagu Chancellor of the Exchequer

Toleration Act ____

excluded groups x3

Test Act remained unrepeated so what?

What fails meaning no change to CofE - still dominated by Anglicans?

What was the Tory rallying cry?

1689

Catholics, Jews, Unitarians

Dissenters could not hold public office

Comprehension Bill

Church in Danger

Nine Years War _____-_____

average army size grew from _____ to _____

Navy grew to _____ sailors

cost of war £___

1688-97

10,000 to 76,000

40,000

£36m

Parl control finance:

Public Accounts Act _____ to investigate corruption/waste

Civil List Act ____ gives £____ p.a. for court expenditure

1690

1697, £700,000

revenue up:

Land Tax ____ raised £____

State Lottery ___

1692, £1m

1694

Parliament underwrites loans - control up:

Million Loan Act ____

Tonnage Act ____ establishes ____

1693

1694, Bank of England