The Glorious Revolution (copy)

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When were the Triennial Acts before the Glorious Revolution?

1641, 1664

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When were the Test Acts?

1673, 1678

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Percentage of national income spent on the military in 1685

2%

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Tories

Conservative, supported divine right monarchy and the Anglican church

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Whigs

Believed power should lie with parliament and were more supportive of religious toleration

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When were William and Mary crowned?

11th April 1689

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When was the Bill of Rights?

1689

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What did the Bill of Rights say about taxation?

no taxation without Parliament’s approval

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A clause of the Bill of Rights that protected the rights of parliament

It is illegal to raise an army in times of peace without consent of parliament

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A clause of the Bill of Rights that protected the rights of the people

Excessive bail ought not to be required […] nor cruel or unusual punishment inflicted

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When was the Magna Carta (which the Bill of Rights is often compared to)?

1215

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Which Act allowed the crown to punish mutineers but had to be renewed by parliament each year?

The Mutiny Acts 1689

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What year was the Act of Settlement?

1701

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Which royal house did the Act of Settlement state was in line for the English throne?

Hanover

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What did the Act of Settlement say about Catholics?

Banned from the succession

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The European Catholic alliance that William III was a part of?

League of Augsburg

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Bill that made William take back land grants in Ireland that he had given to Privy Councillors

Bill of Resumption 1699

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What was the army reduced to under the Triennial Act?

7000

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When was the Triennial Act?

1694

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Rage of Party

1694 onwards

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Lapse of the ________ led the greater debate in parliament to be more widely reported

Licensing Act mid 1690s

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When did William III land at Torbay?

5th November 1688

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William took Britain and the Dutch Republic to war with France (Nine years war)

1689-1697

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Public Accounts Act (commission of 9 members to scrutinise govt. spending)

1690

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Annual expenditure of Nine Years War

£5.4 million pounds

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When was the bank of England established?

1694

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How much money did William make from the lottery that began in 1694?

£1 million

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Act Against the growth of Popery banned priests from practising and prohibited Roman Catholics from purchasing or inheriting land

1695

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William III Toleration Act allowed Protestant Dissenters to worship, excluded Jews, Catholics and non-trinitarians

1689

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What religion was William III?

Calvinist

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How many clergy refused to swear an oath of allegiance and supremacy to William and Mary as they believed James was still king? (they were deprived of their living)

Over 400

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How many dissenting houses had opened by 1690?

9000

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Which group were exempt from swearing loyalty to the Anglican church in order to enter public employment?

Quakers

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Million Loan Act

1693

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Creation of the Civil List

1698

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How much money was the monarch granted in the civil list per year?

£700,000

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How much was the Land tax, and what year?

20% of landed income, 1692

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By what year did the land tax account for half of the income raised by taxation?

1700

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How much did the 1692 Land Tax yield in its first year?

£1 million

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which city became a major financial centre?

London

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How much was the loan used to establish the Bank of England?

£1.2 million

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When was the Act of Settlement?

1701

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Percentage of national income spent on the military in 1710

14%

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How many troops were involved in the Nine Years War?

70,000

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Parliament granted William and Mary excise duties for life and customs duties for 4 years

1690

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