A Level History- Edexcel- Glorious Revolution

What was the 1689 Bill of Rights?

-a list of King James' misdeeds

-13 articles that outlined specific freedoms

-will and mary rightful successors

What were some specific clauses in the bill of rights?

-no law should be suspended or removed without parliament's consent

-MPs must have freedom of speech in parliament

-no taxes without parliaments consent

What was the Mutiny Act 1688?

gave the monarch the power to punish mutiny with execution

What was the 1689 Toleration Act?

dissenters would not be punished as long as they took an oath of allegiance to the crown and accepted the Test Act of 1673

What was the Triennial Act of 1694?

no parliament could last longer than 3 years= more frequent elections

What was the Act of Settlement in 1701?

-Will&Mary's successor had to be protestant

-illegal for anyone in privy council to be 'foreign'

-parliamentary consent had to be given if the king wanted to engage in war

Why did the Nine Years War cause issues between William and parliament?

-William recruited 68,000 men for £2.8 million through borrowing (opposed by parliament but william went ahead anyway)

-Parliament only granted 10,000 troops= will going ahead without consent breaks bill of rights

How did the Nine Years War end?

Treaty of Ryswick= england settled on peace

England nearly bankrupt by 1697

Why did the war require a restructuring of government finances?

= in a lot of debt

- annual expenditure at £5.4 m, annual revenue at £3.6

-Civil list act

-national debt £16.7 million by 1698

What was the Civil List Act 1697?

provided king with income

military and naval expenditure controlled by parliament

What was the 1690 Public Accounts Act?

-Kings expenditure made public; parliament monitored and controlled it

Why was the Bank of England a significant development?

-changed the way money was collected and invested

-lottery scheme raised £1million

-safest and most productive way of issuing loans and securing funds

-offered stake in EIC raised £2million 1698

Why ddi the shift from royal to parliamentary control over finances matter?

-parliament had never had that level of authority or power before

-Parliament could never avoid working with parliament; they controlled his day to day spending, and there had to be a parliament at least every three years

How many people died in the seige of Derry?

8,000- 1689

What was the "Rage of Party"?

A period of frequent elections between 1690 and 1715, caused instability but also increased party power

How much was national debt by 1698?

£16.7 million

How many troops did William and Mary arrive with?

14,000

Who invited William and Mary to take over? Why?

- the 'immortal seven' (members of parliament)

-They were the closest protestant monarchs to overthrow james II, a catholic

How much did the Civil List Act make a year?

£700,000

When was the Nine Years War and who was involved?

1689-1697 England, Holland, Spain vs France