Political Developments and Conflicts Pt.3
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- Political Developments and Conflicts Pt.3
- Continuing Crisis
- Although Charles had beaten Exclusion with the dissolution of parliament in 1681, there was more.
- Charles still had people politically opposed to him now, and his brother.
- Failed to get settlement with parliament.
- He was forced to rely on Louis XIV
- Why Exclusion failed
- Charles' finance
- Conservativism of the Lords and the Church
- Wider support.
- Prerogative powers of prorogation and dissolution.
- Loyalism resurged.
- Radicalism of exclusion.
- Limits of Whigs support.
- Persecution
- Scotland
- James II and his attempts of absolutism 1685-88
- James came to the throne in a very strong position after Charles' death in 1685
- Strongly because of the Tory-crown alliance.
- James naturally authoritarian and inflexible.
- Regarded all opposition as treason
- Position was weak because of open catholicism.
- Aim was to improve position of Catholics.
- Historians disagree about whether James wanted absolutism.
- Understandable given exclusion crisis.
- James came to the throne in a very strong position after Charles' death in 1685
- 1685 rebellions
- In Scotland, Argyll led a rising in 1685 against James in the highlands. It fauled.
- James then appointed Catholics to powerful positions to assert his control
- Charles II's illegitimate son planned a rebellion in west of england. But rebels were crushed by the standing army the same year.
- Monmouth (son) was executed
- 250 more executed and 800 shipped to the west indies as slaves
- Monmouth (son) was executed
- In Scotland, Argyll led a rising in 1685 against James in the highlands. It fauled.
- James First Parliament 1685
- Mainly Tories
- James given funds so he had income of £2million every year.
- James' army allowed to extend to 20,000 troops by December 1685.
- James used these powers to appoint 90 catholic officers.
- Parliament protested.
- Parliament said only they could exempt catholics from test act.
- James then progued parliament after it sitting less than 2 weeks.
- Continuing Crisis
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