Stuarts Politicial Stability CII + JII

Declaration of Breda year

1660

Which parliament was supportive of the Restoration?

Convention parliament

Act that pardoned supporters of the republican regimes, apart from those who had condemned Charles I to death

Act of Indemnity and Oblivion 1660

When was the Convention Parliament dissolved?

1660

What year of his reign did Charles claim to be in when he arrived at Dover?

12th

What was the Fifth Monarchist uprising that caused a Royalist, vengeful Parliament to return?

Venner’s Rising 1661

Royalist vengeful Parliament

Cavalier Parliament

Dates of Cavalier Parliament

1661-79

Charles II received a settlement of [———-] per year

£1.2 million

When was the new Hearth Tax introduced?

1662

When was the Triennial Act? (Charles II)

1664

Why was the 1664 Triennial Act weak?

did not establish procedure to be followed if the king failed to call parliament

Quaker Act subjected Quakers to severe penalties for not swearing the Oath of Allegiance

1662

Feudal tenures abolished

1661

The fall of Clarendon lead to the creation of the Cabal

1667

The Act of Uniformity (post-restoration)

1662

How many Puritan ministers were ejected as a result of the Act of Uniformity?

1800

Secret Treaty of Dover between Charles II and Louis XIV of France

1st June 1670

Why did Parliament want to exclude James from the succession?

Titus Oates’ claim of a popish plot

Act that excluded James from high office

Test Act 1673

Who emerged as Charles II’s new chief minister after the fall of the Cabal?

Earl of Danby

What years were the 3 Exclusion Bills against James?

1679, 1680, 1681

How did Charles II stop the first Exclusion Bill?

Dissolved parliament

When was the first Exclusion Bill stopped?

1679

How did Charles II stop the second Exclusion Bill (1680)?

Pressuring the Lords, attending debates, powers of delay

When did Charles II stop the second exclusion bill?

1680

Why was Charles II able to dissolve parliament in 1681?

Financially independent due to Treaty of Dover

When was the Rye House Plot?

April 1683

What was the Rye House Plot?

Cromwellian plot to replace Charles with Monmouth

Consequence of the Rye House plot

Downfall of Whig leaders, Charles II personal rule

Name of James’ court for church affairs

Ecclesiastical Commission

James II renewed the Declaration of Indulgence and ordered that it be read in every parish, which 7 bishops refused to obey

1688

Who was James II’s second wife?

Mary of Modena

When was baby James born?

10 June 1688

When did the 7 MPs ask William of Orange to invade?

30th june 1688

When did William III land at Torbay?

5th November 1688

This bill proposed that parliament should control any army used to crush the Irish rebellion that began in October 1641

Militia Bill November 1641

Stop of the Exchequer (Charles ii declared himself bankrupt)

1672