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Sir John Clifford Mortimer, CBE QC (21 April 1923 - 16 January 2009)CBEQC Author of Rumpole of the Bailey, The Titmuss Chronicles, and many other works. Defender of The Sex Pistols
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The Revolution Settlement 1688-1714
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Revolution of 1688-1689 “Glorious Revolution”
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Glorious Revolution No reign of terror or dictatorship Quick Effective
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Locke’s Second Treatise Life, Liberty, Property Right to revolt
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Bill of Rights (1689) Protected Parliament’s rights Everyone’s right to petition Trial by Jury Uninterfered vote No excessive bail Right to bear arms
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1688 Marks end of revolutionary century No more absolutist attempts 125 years war with France Toleration Act Colonization regularizing Financial Stability
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The Stuart Dynasty William (1689-1702) Mary (1689-1694)
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Anne (1702-1714
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Revolution Settlement Bill of Rights Toleration Act End of Press Censorship Act of Settlement (1701)
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Settlement Insecurity Foreign War Dynastic Difficulty
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Wars Policy Change William III English opposition to Louis XIV –Edict of Nantes (1685) –Balance of Power French Recognition of James
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Other Points No underlying conflict between king and Parliament. More money –Parliament approved and controlled –Commercial expansion –National Debt Bank of England (1699)
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Wars War of the League of Augsburg (King William’s War) War of the Spanish Succession (Queen Anne’s War)
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John Churchill Duke of Marlborough
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Blenheim Palace
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Treaty of Utrecht Spanish kings to be Bourbon Spanish and French Thrones split Spanish Netherlands become Austrian England gets Gibraltar and Minorca
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More English gains Hudson Bay, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland Trade with Spanish America Asiento France recognizes Revolutionary Settlement
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