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What bills were passed under William III and Mary II? |
1. 1689 Bill of Rights - limits the powers of the monarch and establishes Parliamentary sovereignty 2. 1689 Toleration Act grants dissenters limited freedom of worship 3. 1701 Act of Settlement bars Roman Catholics from the throne, establishes the Hanoverian succession, stipulates Parliamentary consent for foreign wars and creates an independent judiciary |
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Why was liberty a highly discussed idea? |
The Age of Enlightenment steered the conversation |
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How were dissenters treated by the State? |
Banned from access to public office, careers in the civil service or the Anglican church, and university education. |
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What was the 'Nonconformist Conscience'? |
The individual's reading and interpretation of the Bible. It is characterised by its support of religious freedom, equality, justice, and its opposition to discrimination and coercion. |
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Who were the dissenters? |
Protestants who did not agree with the 39 Articles of the Church of England. (Also known as Nonconformists and Separatists) |
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How was writing during the Restoration described by Spurr? |
'topical, partisan, and satirical' (p. 6) |
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When did Locke write Two Treatise of Government? |
From 1679-81, years before the Glorious Revolution. |
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What was the 1680 Exclusion Crisis? |
A failed attempt to exclude James from the succession |
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What was the Glorious Revolution of 1688-9? |
Deposition of James II. Guaranteed a more tolerant, Anglican solution to the constitutional crisis. |
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What happened in these years: 1689-91, 1715, 1745? |
Jacobite invasion attempts by James's (Catholic) heirs - defeated all the time. |
