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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 āA Letter Concerning Tolerationā 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 couldnāt 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
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