Glorious revolution

Question 1

What were the problems with James II

Answer 1

he was tyrannical
married mary of modena who had a catholic son in 1688
Catholic
Executed 250 anglican bishops in the tower of London

Question 2

What was the rumour of James son

Answer 2

the rumour was that the son was illegitimate and not real, from a warming pan
10th june 1688

Question 3

Who did James take refuge with when he fled to france

Answer 3

Louis XIV

Question 4

what are whigs and what did they believe

Answer 4

Whigs are political theorists who theorised on the nature of kingship
They believed the king and the people contracted #
They believed James broke the contract and exceeded powers by trying to establish catholicism in England
Then believed he lost his right to rule so the throne was vacant

Question 5

What are the tories

Answer 5

The tories were very opposed to the whigs
They believed in hereditary succession and DROK
They swore oath of allegiance to James
they needed justification the Williams rule

Question 6

What was the convention parliament in 1698

Answer 6

the conventional parliament was formulated as a resolution whose wording satisfied most of the tories and whigs
- James broke the contract between people (Whig)
- He violated countries fundamental laws (Whig)
-His flight meant that he abdicated the throne (Tories)

Question 7

who opposed the convention parliament

Answer 7

the tories in lords
led to anti tory crowds demonstrating outside of parliament

Question 8

What did james say in secret meeting

Answer 8

james said that he would go back to holland unless he was made king
on the 3rd of feb 1689

Question 9

What did they agree on with william

Answer 9

• mary would share the title of monarch with william although she wouldn’t have power
• If mary was to die any children from another wife would follow anne (mary’s sister) line of succession

Question 10

How many people signed the letter to William

Answer 10

7 leading MPs
30th June 1688

Question 11

When was william offered the crown

Answer 11

William was offered the crown unconditionally
after it was formally accepted on 6th feb 1689 by the lords and confirmed by commons

Question 12

How did William have legitimate succession

Answer 12

james II daughter was his wife
protestant

Question 13

Why did William want to take the throne

Answer 13

increased threat to Louis XIV because of the english NAVY, whom he wanted to protect northern europe from

Question 14

Why was the printing press important to William

Answer 14

it was important to william to make it seem like not an invasion
A way to spread dissent and propaganda

Question 15

What was the bill of rights 1689

Answer 15

gave religious assurance
set out the limits of william and mary’s power
As a result of past tyrannical power
Gave parliamentary power
It also includes no right of taxation without Parliament’s agreement, freedom from government interference, the right of petition and just treatment of people by courts

Question 16

What were the terms of the bill of rights

Answer 16

army cpuldnt be raised without the permission of parliament
no law pr taxation without parliament
free and regular elections
cant levee

Question 17

How was the bill of rights limited

Answer 17

because the monarch was still head of the army
rules had to be reversed
vauge and not binding
monarch could still veto
no mecanisms of enforcement

Question 18

What was the act of settlement 1701

Answer 18

stopped catholic sucession

Question 19

What were the terms of the act of settlement

Answer 19

judges couldnt be dismissed without parliament
royal pardons declared as irrelevant
all future sucessors must be c of e members
no future foreign monarch could enter war without parliaments approval
monarch couldnt leave the country without parliamentary consent
no foreign men in the privvy council
feared william would impose calvanism

Question 20

What was the test act 1673

Answer 20

requires any office holders to swear allegience to the monarch

Question 21

What was the significance of the toleration act

Answer 21

made monarch bound by law
ruined belief of drok
big step towards religious tolleration
1714- 400,000 dissenters 8% of pop

Question 22

how did parliamentary power grow between 1688-1701

Answer 22

Lord halifax becomes lord privvy seal - became one of williams close advisors
close balanced parl - 225 whigs 206 tories

Question 23

What was james doing in ireland during this time

Answer 23

Lord halifax becomes lord privvy seal

Question 24

What was the triennial act 1694

Answer 24

origionally vetoed but passed next year- evidence for increasing power
parliament had to be called every three years
more regular elections

Question 25

What was the febuary 1696 plot

Answer 25

stuart sympathisers attempted to assascionate william led to william turning to the whigs who were a radical alliance (united due to this event) but whigs wanted power

Question 26

What was the bill of resumption 1699

Answer 26

aimed to recover royal land prevented william from giving land to irish advisors

Question 27

how did 1697-99 effect the relationship with parliament and william

Answer 27

william had very little room for manouver they started to limit his power

Question 28

How much was the army limited to in 1697

Answer 28

10 000

Question 29

How much was the army limited to in 1698

Answer 29

7 000

Question 30

what did the magna carta mean

Answer 30

monarch had to go to parliament to raise a waar tax, allows parliament to ask for more power

Question 31

Who was the nine years war fought between

Answer 31

Dutch and English v France

Question 32

how did the war change the relationship between parliament and willaim

Answer 32

willaim was taking financial risks with hostile trade routes lots of money borrowed merchants wanted to stop

Question 33

How did the war end

Answer 33

France had an economical crisis both sides were bankrupt william had growing opposition from tories treaty of rijswijk

Question 34

What years were the nine years war

Answer 34

1688-1697

Question 35

what was the annual expendature

Answer 35

5.4 million but tax rev of 3.6 million 1.8 mill in debt per year

Question 36

What did william excise duties on

Answer 36

Tea, tobacco and alcohol

Question 37

How did royal income grow

Answer 37

unprecidented tax levels of tax post 1688 1692 -land tax 1 mil first year

Question 38

what was the civil list act 1698

Answer 38

700 000 pa given to the monarch

Question 39

What did the parliament set up to monitor government expendature

Answer 39

public accounts comission they had the power to intergate ministers and call for papers forerunner of modern day select comittees

Question 40

What was the 1690 public accounts act

Answer 40

first comission was set up 9 voted into their position aimed to detect corruption

Question 41

Why did the comissions lose imoact

Answer 41

used more to target unfavoured misisters instead of checking finances obstructed meetings became a pollitical weapon

Question 42

When was the bank of england established

Answer 42

1694 example of long term borrowing

Question 43

who established the bank of England

Answer 43

whig chanacellor, charles montagu

Question 44

What was the recoinage act of 1696

Answer 44

silver coins were clipped or forged so old coins were surrendered and new coins were introduced now punishable by death