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Chapter IV. Charles the Second, 1648-9-1685.

SECTION I. The settlement of the nation. 1, The king's

council: 2, Settlement of the revenue: abolition of the old feudal

revenues: 3, Restitution of the crown and church lands: 4,

Punishment of the regicides: 5, Meeting of the second long par-

liament: 6, Restoration of the Church; Act of Uniformity; Cor-

poration Act; Conventicle Act; Five-mile Act: 7, Settlement of

affairs in Scotland: 8, Settlement of affairs in Ireland.. Page 230

SECTION II. The second Dutch war, 1664-67. 1, Cause of

the Dutch war: 2, Events in the war-capture of New York,
battle in Solebay, near the Goodwin Sands, and off the North
Foreland, the Dutch in the Medway: 3, Results of the war by
treaty of Breda

SECTION III. Public Calamities. 1, The Great Plague: 2,

The Fire of London..

SECTION IV. Change of Ministry and Foreign Policy._1,
Fall of Clarendon and the formation of the Cabal Ministry: 2, The
Triple Alliance: 3, Treaty of Dover

SECTION V. The third Dutch war, 1672-74. 1, Cause of

the war: 2, Events in the war-attempt to seize the Levant fleet,

battle in Southwold Bay: 3, Results of the war by treaty of

SECTION VI. Popish plots and political dishonor. 1, Eng-

land ruled by foreign gold: 2, Oates's popish plot: 3, Murder of

Godfrey: 4, Parliament passes the Papist's Disabling Bill: 5,

Bedloe's plot: 6, Impeachment of Danby and dissolution of the

second Long parliament: 7, Charles's second parliament carries

on the impeachment of Danby: 8, The Exclusion bill: 9, Meal-

tub plot: 10, The addressers and abhorrers, the immediate pre-

decessors of the Whigs and Tories: 11, Charles's third parliament

in which Viscount Stafford is convicted: 12, Charles's fourth or

Oxford parliament: Regency Bill..

SECTION VII. Arbitrary rule provokes political plots. 1,

Reaction and government prosecutions of the popular party: 2,

Attack on the charters of corporate towns: 3, Rye-house and

Revolutionary plots..

SECTION VIII. Affairs of Scotland. 1, Covenanters defeated

at the Pentland Hills: 2, Murder of Sharpe; defeat of Covenanters

at Bothwell Brig: 3, The Cameronians; severity of York's rule

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES. Charles II. Catherine of Braganza.
Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon. Anthony Ashley Cooper, Earl

of Shaftesbury: Sir William Temple. George Villiers,_second

Duke of Buckingham. Algernon Sydney. Lord William Russell.

Lady Rachel Russell

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. Coventry Act. Test Act. Habeas

Corpus Act. Introduction of the terms Whig and Tory. The

Restoration followed by great moral degeneracy

Chapter V. James the Second, 1685-1688.

SECTION I. James's reign opens doubtfully. 1, James's satis-

factory promises are ill sustained: 2, Romanism appears at court:

3, The Scottish parliament passes severe laws against the Cove-

nanters: 4, Severe punishment inflicted upon Oates and Danger-

field: 5, Meeting of James's first and only parliament.. Page 277

SECTION II. Rebellions of Argyle and Monmouth, 1685. 1,

Many refugees in Holland from England and Scotland: 2, Argyle

lands in Scotland, fails, and is executed : 3, Monmouth's rebellion;

(1) Lands at Lyme, (2) Advance to Keynsham, (3) Battle of

Sedgmoor, (4) Captured and executed: 4, Jeffrey's campaign or

the bloody assize

SECTION III. James throws off his mask, 1685. 1, What

alterations James proposed to make in the government: 2, Parlia-

ment opposes the king's wishes and is dismissed: 3, The fears of

the nation are aroused: 4, The judges affirm the king's dispensing

SECTION IV. The attempt to re-establish Romanism.

Dispensations granted to some of the clergy: 2, Erection of a

new court of Ecclesiastical commission: 3, Romanism publicly

professed: 4, James forms a camp at Hounslow Heath: 5, The

Scotch parliament opposes the repeal of the Test Act: 6, Decla-

rations for liberty of conscience published in Scotland and Eng-

land: 7, Attack on the rights of the Universities of Cambridge

and Oxford: 8, Dissolution of the parliament, and endeavours

made to pack a new one: 9, The government committed to

Sunderland and Father Petre: 10, Mutual distrust between

James and William of Orange: 11, Dykevelt's mission to Eng-

land: 12, Second declaration of indulgence published: 13, Seven

bishops petition the king that the clergy be excused from reading

the declaration: 14, The bishops committed to the Tower; a

Prince born: 15, The bishops tried and acquitted .. Page 288

SECTION V. The Revolution of 1688. 1, The Prince of

Orange invited to come over with an armed force: 2, William

declares his design, and James attempts to conciliate his subjects:

3, The Prince of Orange lands at Torbay: 4, James is deserted:

5, James opens negotiations with the Prince: 6, The flight of the

SECTION VI. The Interregnum, 1688-9. 1, Riots in London:

2, James's second flight from Rochester: 3, The Prince of Orange

advised to call a Convention: 4, Convention parliament meets :

Act of Settlement: 5, The Convention parliament passes the

Declaration of Rights: 6, The Revolution in Scotland.. Page 302

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES. James II, Ann Hyde. Mary of

Modena. James, Duke of Monmouth. Archibald Campbell,

Earl of Argyle. Sir George Jeffreys. William Sancroft, Arch-

bishop of Canterbury. Thomas Osborne, Earl of Danby. George

Saville, Marquis of Halifax

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. The kings dispensing power. The

Original Contract of Society. The right of our ancestors to alter

the succession. New oaths of allegiance and supremacy. Cha-

racter of the resolution declaring the throne vacant. Edict of

Nantes and its revocation.

Chapter VI. William and Mary, 1689-94.

William III. 1694-1702.

SECTION I. The Convention Parliament. 1, Difficulties of

William's position: 2, William appoints his counsellors: 3, In-

creased importance of parliamentary proceedings: 4, The Con-

vention declared a parliament: 5, Mutiny Bill: 6, Settlement of

the revenue; appropriation of supplies: 7, Toleration Act: 8,

SECTION II. Affairs of Scotland. 1, The Scotch Convention

meets: 2, The Convention declares the throne vacant; William

and Mary proclaimed: 3, Dundee slain at Killiecrankie: 4, Mas-

sacre of Glencoe

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SECTION III. Affairs of Ireland. 1, James lands at Kinsale

2, James holds a parliament at Dublin: 3, Siege of Londonderry:

4, Schomberg sent over to Ireland with English forces: 5 Battle

of the Boyne: 6, South of Ireland reduced: 7, Ginckle wins the

Battle of Aghrim and Limerick capitulates; treaty of Limerick :

8, Severe laws passed against the native Irish

SECTION IV. Conspiracy against the Government.

conspiracy; the non-juring bishops deprived

SECTION V. William's second parliament, 1690-95. 1, Act

for confirming the Revolution: 2, Place Bill: 3, Triennial Act:

4, Enquiry into corrupt practices of placemen

SECTION VI. William's third parliament, 1695-98. 1, Act

for improving the coinage: 2, Treason Bill: 3, Bill of attainder

against Sir John Fenwick: 4, Commons vote the reduction of

SECTION VII. William's fourth parliament, 1698-1701.

1, Act for disbanding the army: 2, Bill for the resumption of

forfeited estates in Ireland: 3, Impeachment of Portland and

others for being parties to the Partition Treaties. 4, The Kent-

ish petition and "Legion Memorial": 5, Second Act of Settle-

SECTION VIII. William's fifth parliament, 1701-2.

tainder of the Prince of Wales

SECTION IX. Affairs of Scotland. 1, Scotch parliament

passes the Darien Bill: 2, English parliament presents a remon-

strance against the Darien Company: 3, Paterson sails with

twelve hundred men from Leith: 4, Darien scheme miserably

SECTION X. War with Franee, 1689-97. 1, Causes of the

war: 2, Events in the war; (1) The war in 1690, (a) Marlbo-

rough over to command the British auxiliaries, (b) English and

Dutch fleets defeated off Beachy Head, (c) Allies defeated at

Fleuras; (2) The war in 1691, (a) Congress at the Hague, (b)

Mons capitulates to the French; (3) The war in 1692, (a) French

fleet defeated off La Hogue, (b) William defeated at Steinkirk, (c)

Hanover created a ninth Electorate; (4) The war in 1693, (a)

Tourville captures part of the Smyrna fleet, (b) French ravage

the Palatinate, (c) William defeated at Landen; (5) The war in

1694, The English bombard the coast-towns of France; (6) The

war in 1695, (a) Bombardment of the French coast, (b) Siege and

capture of Namur, (c) Bombardment of Brussels; (7) The war in

1696, (a) William's campaign unimportant, (b) French coasts

repeatedly insulted by the English fleet, (c) Duke of Savoy with-

draws from the alliance. 3, Results of the war by the Treaty of

SECTION XI. The English aid Sweden, 1700. Rooke bom-

bards Copenhagen

SECTION XII. The Partition Treaties and Second Grand

Alliance. 1, First Partition Treaty: 2, Second Partition Treaty:

3, Formation of a second Grand Alliance

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES. William III. Queen Mary. Robert

Spenser, Earl of Sunderland. Charles Montague, Earl of Halifax.

Sydney Godolphin, Earl of Godolphin. William Bentinck, Earl

of Portland. Gilbert Burnet, Bishop of Salisbury. Armand

Frederick_de Schomberg, Duke of Schomberg. John_Graham,

Viscount Dundee. John Somers, Lord Somers .. Page 352

MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. Power of the crown subsequent to

the Revolution. New form of Coronation Oath. The Nonjurors,

arguments for and against. Liberty of the press allowed. Com-

mission appointed to prepare alterations in the Liturgy. Bank

of England established. The National Debt

Chapter VII. Anne, 1702-1714.

SECTION I. State of affairs on the Accession of Anne. 1,

Anne's great aversion to the Whigs; her ministry: 2, Anne

adopts the foreign policy of William: 3, The former parliament

SECTION II. Anne's first parliament, 1702-5. 1, Tories pre-

ponderate in the first parliament: 2, Occasional Conformity Bill:

3, Dispute between the Houses in the matter of Fraser's Plot:

4, Dispute between the Houses in the matter of the Aylesbury

election: 5. Changes in the ministry: 6, Queen Anne's Bounty

confirmed: 7, Act of Security
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SECTION III. Affairs of Scotland. 1, Dispute with respect

to the existence of parliament: 2, Meeting of the Union Com-

missioners: 3, Scotch Act of Security: 4, Scotch parliament

passes the Union Bill

SECTION IV. Anne's second parliament, 1705-8. I, Union

Bill passed: 2, The Union Bill: 3, Meeting of the first British

parliament; Acts to complete the Union: 4, Changes in the

SECTION V. Anne's third parliament. 1708-10. 1, Limita-

tions put on the English and Scotch peerage: 2, Act for pre-

serving the privileges of ambassadors: 3, Dr. Sacheverell's

sermons voted scandalous and seditious: 4, Impeachment of Dr.

Sacheverell: 5, Whig ministry dismissed..
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SECTION VI. Anne's fourth parliament, 1710-14. 1, The

elections go in favor of the Tories: 2, Property Qualification Bill:

3, Marlborough charged with peculation: 4, Creation of twelve

peers: 5, Treaty of Utrecht discussed: 6, Attempt to sever the

Union between England and Scotland

SECTION VII. Anne's fifth parliament, 1714. 1, Steele's

"Crisis", and his expulsion from the House: 2, Schism Act: 3,

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