CHARLES 2

Question 1

what and when was the declaration of breda

Answer 1

1660, charles says he will pay the army, pardon and give liberty to tender conscience if made king

Question 2

what happened in 1660 convention parliament

Answer 2

declared charles king

Question 3

what and when was the indemnity act

Answer 3

1660 pardoned people apart from 30

Question 4

what was given to charles upon ascension

Answer 4

1.2 million per year and tonnage and poundage for life

Question 5

what stuff was passed in the cavalier parliament 1661-1679

Answer 5

1661 and 1662 militia acts return army to king
Hearth tax 1662

Question 6

what events coincide with the failure of the 2nd dutch war

Answer 6

1665 great plague
1666 fire of london

Question 7

how does clarendon end the dutch war and what happens

Answer 7

Treaty of Breda, parliament turn on him and blame him for problems even though he didn’t want to join the war

Question 8

what does charles do about the impeachment of clarendon

Answer 8

doesn’t intervene, he eventually goes into exile

Question 9

who was in the CABAL and what was the issue

Answer 9

lauderdale, ashley, clifford, buckingham and arlington
charles plays them off each other giving them no clear aim

Question 10

who was in the CABAL and what was the issue

Answer 10

lauderdale, ashley, clifford, buckingham and arlington
charles plays them off each other giving them no clear aim

Question 11

What was the issue with the Conventicle Act 1669

Answer 11

commons refused a £300,000 grant until charles signed this rigid act

Question 12

What and when was the secret treaty of Dover

Answer 12

1670, in return for 225,000 a year charles would one day declare himself a catholic and be loyal to france

also if england and france attack the dutch he can get a bit

Question 13

when does the dutch war start and why does it end i think 3rd

Answer 13

1672, unpopular and parliament refuse to fund so it’s ended by Treaty of Westminster 1674

Question 14

what lapse in legislation allows dissenters to meet

Answer 14

1668 Conventicle Act expires so they can meet freely

Question 15

what was the 2nd declaration of indulgence and when

Answer 15

1672, saying he can override penal laws against Catholics and Dissenters.
Parliament hate this and make him withdraw it and issue the Test Act in 1673

Question 16

when does the duke of york convert to Catholicism

Answer 16

1673

Question 17

what are danbys aims when he rose to prominence in 1674

Answer 17

pro dutch policy, remain in power, crown finances
these things require parliamentary support

Question 18

what was the 1677 anglo dutch treaty and what’s it undermined by

Answer 18

saying that the english would force the english to make the french place nice, would raise an army to do this , undermined by secret treaty in 1678

Question 19

what does charles do in the 1678 secret treaty

Answer 19

disband the army in return for french money
however he takes the money and doesn’t bid and

Question 20

what treaty makes peace with the dutch in 1678

Answer 20

Treaty of Nijmegen

Question 21

what and when was the stop of exchequer

Answer 21

1672, charles would stop paying his creditors for a year, made it hard to get credit in the future

Question 22

why did finance grow in charles ?

Answer 22

Navigation Act rerouted trade
1671, Customs farming ends and so customs money comes in

Question 23

how does Charles avoid the impeachment of Danby in 1678, and why’s he being impeached ?

Answer 23

he’s being impeached because he knew about the secret treaty of dover, charles prorogued parliament so he doesn’t say anything under oath

Question 24

when was the green ribbon club and what group was this

Answer 24

1674, country

Question 25

when was Letter from a person of quality to his friend in the country and what was it saying

Answer 25

1675, said the court wanted to impose absolutism and make parliament a money machine for that

Question 26

when was the venders rising and what was it

Answer 26

1661 dissenter uprising that showed the threat of dissenters

Question 27

what religious acts are passed under charles

Answer 27

61-corporation act (banned from municipalities if you wouldn’t swear oath 62- act of uniformity (1800 ministers refuse oath) 62-quaker act = harsh punishments 64 conventicle act banning meetings of more than 5

Question 28

when and what was the northern rising and what did it lead to

Answer 28

1663, rebellion by radicals and republicans lead to conventicle act 1664

Question 29

when and what was the five mile act

Answer 29

1665, if you refused oath in 1662 uniformity act you can’t go within 5 miles of old parishes

Question 30

how many quaker’s were punished under charles

Answer 30

15,000

Question 31

when and what were the show trials

Answer 31

1662, Jury kept without food and water until Vale found guilty and executed Lambert asked for mercy and imprisoned

Question 32

who does charles refuse to acknowledge as an heir

Answer 32

duke of monmouth

Question 33

what and when was the popish plot

Answer 33

1677, said the pope has assassins to kill charles and bring in catholicism Edmund Godfrey murdered CATHOLIC HYSTERIA

Question 34

what does charles do to make sure he’s taking catholic threat seriously

Answer 34

Excludes them from parliament and from London

Question 35

what happened in the first exclusion parliament 1679

Answer 35

MPs didn’t all vote on the exclusion bill and charles shows support for james

Question 36

What happened in the second exclusion parliament 1680-81

Answer 36

lords reject the exclusion bill bc charles stands there menacingly •parliament offer charles £600,000 for exclusion but he says no and dissolved them (independent kinggg)

Question 37

what happened in the third exclusion (oxford) parliament 1681

Answer 37

charles is able to dissolve it as he secures 40,000 from the french and 115,000 annually if he doesn’t call parliament for 3 years

Question 38

how many exclusionary pamphlets did the whigs print

Answer 38

200

Question 39

how did the tories uphold charles’ power

Answer 39

1682, Abhorrence movement attacked whig radicals

Question 40

what and when was quo warranto how many new charters were issued

Answer 40

1683, had to prove royal charters and if not king replaced them with tories for local support (98 new issues)

Question 41

how does charles remove his opposition post exclusion

Answer 41

Tories call whigs republicans and charles issues a declaration to remind people of the CW Shaftesbury in exile 1682 whig leaders executed for involvement in Rye House plot in 1683

Question 42

Savoy house conference

Answer 42

1661, charles says that he wants toleration