Did the Glorious Revolution End Anglican Supremacy?

Why did William pass the toleration act?

Favoured toleration and was suspicous of the Anglican church

When was the toleration act passed?

1689

What did the existing test act want?

All office holders to take anglican communion

How did inability to repeal test act reduce end to supremacy?

Still had to pledge to church

How did the Anglican churchmen react?

Opposed it and wanted to allow the Anglican Church to remain central control

What else did the Anglican church men want?

Worship remained uniform

What did William seek?

A middle path

What did William suggest?

A toleration act byt not repealing the test act

What was the toleration act also infleunced by?

Lockes ‘A Letter Concerning Toleration’ saying it would create a more stable society as less protest

What was Williams proposal met by?

Confrontation from the Tories who were fearful of Dutch Calvinism

What did the Toleration act mainly mean?

Made it easier to worship freely and dissenters were not expected to attend an Anglican Church

How many dissenters were there in England by 1714?

400,000 (8% of population)

Where did Dissenter meetings have to take place?

Not behind closed doors (closely monitored)

What did the Act require?

Swearing an oath of allegiance to the crown

Who did the toleration act exclude?

Catholics

Jews

non-Trinitarians

Were dissenters fully equal to the Anglicans?

No- not socially, economically or politically

What did the failure to repeal the Corporation act result in?

Non Anglicans couldn’t sit in parliament or hold public office and those who had not sworn allegiance were not permitted to attend University, work in legal or medicine

What did everyone still have to do despite the Toleration act?

Pay tithes to the Anglican church due to its role overseeing local administration

How many priests refused to swear the oath to William and Mary?

400 parish priests

What happened to the 400 parish priests?

Lost their post

Did Catholics have something to fear from William?

No

Was William likely to persecute them?

No as he was in alliance with a number of Catholic powers against the French

What League were the British part of against the French?

League of Augsburg 1686

How could you say there was an end to anglican supremacy?

YES:

Major change from the Clarendon code which was harsh treatment of dissenters

Didnt have to oath

400,000 Dissenters

NO

Still couldnt hold office

Had to pay tithes

Small amount of population