The Glorious Revolution (copy)

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