When were the Triennial Acts before the Glorious Revolution?
1641, 1664
When were the Test Acts?
1673, 1678
Percentage of national income spent on the military in 1685
2%
Tories
Conservative, supported divine right monarchy and the Anglican church
Whigs
Believed power should lie with parliament and were more supportive of religious toleration
When were William and Mary crowned?
11th April 1689
When was the Bill of Rights?
1689
What did the Bill of Rights say about taxation?
no taxation without Parliament’s approval
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
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
When was the Magna Carta (which the Bill of Rights is often compared to)?
1215
Which Act allowed the crown to punish mutineers but had to be renewed by parliament each year?
The Mutiny Acts 1689
What year was the Act of Settlement?
1701
Which royal house did the Act of Settlement state was in line for the English throne?
Hanover
What did the Act of Settlement say about Catholics?
Banned from the succession
The European Catholic alliance that William III was a part of?
League of Augsburg
Bill that made William take back land grants in Ireland that he had given to Privy Councillors
Bill of Resumption 1699
What was the army reduced to under the Triennial Act?
7000
When was the Triennial Act?
1694
Rage of Party
1694 onwards
Lapse of the ________ led the greater debate in parliament to be more widely reported
Licensing Act mid 1690s
When did William III land at Torbay?
5th November 1688
William took Britain and the Dutch Republic to war with France (Nine years war)
1689-1697
Public Accounts Act (commission of 9 members to scrutinise govt. spending)
1690
Annual expenditure of Nine Years War
£5.4 million pounds
When was the bank of England established?
1694
How much money did William make from the lottery that began in 1694?
£1 million
Act Against the growth of Popery banned priests from practising and prohibited Roman Catholics from purchasing or inheriting land
1695
William III Toleration Act allowed Protestant Dissenters to worship, excluded Jews, Catholics and non-trinitarians
1689
What religion was William III?
Calvinist
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
How many dissenting houses had opened by 1690?
9000
Which group were exempt from swearing loyalty to the Anglican church in order to enter public employment?
Quakers
Million Loan Act
1693
Creation of the Civil List
1698
How much money was the monarch granted in the civil list per year?
£700,000
How much was the Land tax, and what year?
20% of landed income, 1692
By what year did the land tax account for half of the income raised by taxation?
1700
How much did the 1692 Land Tax yield in its first year?
£1 million
which city became a major financial centre?
London
How much was the loan used to establish the Bank of England?
£1.2 million
When was the Act of Settlement?
1701
Percentage of national income spent on the military in 1710
14%
How many troops were involved in the Nine Years War?
70,000
Parliament granted William and Mary excise duties for life and customs duties for 4 years
1690