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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
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