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How was political power balanced and what did it depend on? |
Political power was a fine balance between King and Parliament and depended on patronage to make it work. |
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What is a patronage and who was in charge? |
Patronage means the right to give privileges or make appointments. The King had the power of patronage over many important appointments, which gave him considerable political influence. |
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What reference did Asa Briggs make towards the patronage? |
Asa Briggs asserted that patronage was the key to holding them together and if the King had not been able to reward loyalty through honing out well paid positions, annual pensions and honours he would have lost control of government. |
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Who are the ministers? |
Politicians who hold significant public office in a national or regional government |
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Define mixed constitution |
form of government in which a hereditary monarch is he's of state, with powered limited by Parliament; it is sometimes referred to as a constitutional monarchy |
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What did Briggs refer to the King' s ministers as? |
He referred to them as 'agents of the king' yet they also had to pay attention to the parliament and gain their support, to carry out the King' s wishes. Briggs suggests patronage was vital to achieve this support. |
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By 1783 what system of government did Britian have and who was the current monarch? |
By 1783, Britain had a system of government based on a constitutional monarchy. Britain's monarch in that year was King George III. |
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What did the oath govern George III have to do when he became King? |
He was bound by oath to govern according to ' the statues in Parliament agreed upon and the laws and customs of the same' |
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What was established in the Bill of rights? |
The principle of supremacy of Parliament over the monarch was established in the Bill of rights passed in 1689 after the 'Glorious Revolution'. |
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How did Staurt James II rule? |
persisted in his belief that he ruled by divine right, who later was forced to abdicate in favour of his daughter and son in law Mary II and William III |
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