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Charles Declaration→ordered to be read from pulpits recalling the horror of the civil war
Whig attack→attacked whigs who attacked his brother - 1681 trails and executions of Whigs e.g. Stephen College and Shaftesbury (was released as the jury contained two Whigs)
Rye House Plot→Lord Russell and Sidney executed for alleged rye house plot (to assassinate the King)
Charters→Quo warranto campaign Charles began to recall and remodel borough charters (London lost theirs in 1683) did so to strengthen the crowns Tory supporters from 1681 till Charles' death 51 new charters were issued
Charles views→aligned himself with CofE and allowed persecution of dissenters
William of Orange is married to Mary's Daughter
Letter from the immortal seven - "rescue english religion and liberty"
Whigs (Russell and Sideny
Tories (Cavendish and Danby)
High Anglicans (Bishop of London)
Represent the three power groups in the country - James has united opposition against him
Support for William and James across the whole country
Disagreement in violent in many cases
James flees London on 11th Dec to France - he is captured and returned to London - imprisoned but escapes again on 22nd Dec so James abdicated his throne.
Destroyed the Whigs and eased religious fears - no issue in 1684 when Charles didn't call parliament,
James restored to the Privy Council
Loyal Addresses greeted James at his accession
1685 Parliament most pliable with 195 MPs returned with remodelled charters, only nine identified as Whigs
Rye house plot discredited the Whigs and sparked a royalist backlash
Had aligned himself with Anglican chruch
Reignited fears of absoluitism
Punishing dissenters - difficult for Catholic James
Test and corperation acts repealed made known during the Nov 1685 parliament session
announced the army raised to fight Monmouth would not be disbanded
he promoted Catholic officers in the army
Attempted to promote catholics in local government - only secured the conversion of Earl of Sunderland
Sep - had Henry Compton - Bishop of London suspended for refusing to comply with new liturgical reforms which would pull Preachers in a catholic direction.
Allied with Protestants dissenters establishing licensing office - a new declaration of indulgence followed in April 1687 granting broad religious freedoms with suspension of the penal laws.
Halifax letter details response→dissenters to be "hugged now, so that you may be better squeezed another time"
Provoked the letter to be written at the fear of everlasting Catholic rule.