William and Mary

In what year was the Glorious Revolution?

• 1588

• 1687

• 1688

• 1517

What is absolutism?

• belief the no one is above the law even the king

• belief that salvation belongs to the individual

• that a king has total total, unrestricted authority

• that man's reason can unlock the workings of the universe

What did William and Mary  agree to sign that placed limits on their power as King and Queen?

• English Bill of Rights
• Petition of Rights
• Magna Carta
• Declaration of Indpendence

What was the financial arrangement in the Revolution?

• Revenue of £1.2 Million a year

• Revenue of £2 million per year

• No Revenue given to the king.

What was different about William and Mary's coronation? [Select TWO answers]

• They were crowned as equal rulers.

• They took a different coronation oath to other monarchs.

• Mary was given the crown before William.

• They accepted they were consitutional monarchs.

What was the name of the Parliament who met after the Glorious Revolution (so called because they couldn't be a parliament as not called by the king)?

• Convention

• Conventicle

• Rump

• Assembly

What was the key battle in Ireland after the Glorious Revolution and who won?

• Battle of the Boyne, William III won

• Battle of the Boyne, James II won

• Battle of the Boyne, Ireland won independence.

Which of these were NOT contained in the Bill of Rights?

• Catholics were never to inherit the Crown.

• Levying taxes without grant of Parliament is illegal

• it is the right of the subjects to petition the king, and prosecutions for such petitioning are illegal

• Triennial Act

What arrangement was made for the succession if Mary died before William?

• The Crown would go to Mary's sister, Anne before any future child of William.

• If William remarried and had children, they would inherit the crown.

Why did William have tensions with the French?

• Past absolutism under Charles II.

• French aggression against the Dutch Provinces.

• They had attacked England.