History - Stuarts Politics

• TORIES were pro-monarchy and supporters of the divine right of kings and supported the Anglican church.
• WHIGS supported religious toleration and non-conformity, traditionally pro-parliament.
• The Nine Years war was against France from 1688-1697.
• William used his royal veto to deny the first passage of the Triennial bill attempting to be passed by the 'Whig Junto' that gained influence from 1692-1693.
• The Williamite War in Ireland and the Jacobite War in Scotland were extensions of the 9 years war.
• The Whig party established the Commission Accounts to control the countries expenditure in 1690 as they worried about the 5 million yearly cost of the 9 years war).
• The Triennial acts were passed in 1641, 1644 and 1694.
• The Bill of Resumptions threatened the Royal prerogative as any grants of Irish land given to his privy council were now illegal.
• The Triennial act of 1694 required parliament to meet for 50 days every 3 years and not be dissolved without its own consent, this parliament would be voted in every 3 years.
• A marriage act was passed by the Barebones Parliament in 1653 that allowed civil marriages to take place, officiated by JPs however they were evaded and ignored as they did not give men as many rights over their wives as church marriages.
• The Adultery Act of 1650 targeted women unfairly as men's sexual misdemeanours were seen as less extreme than women even though both could be sentenced to death over it.
• Henrietta Maria was the sister of King Louis XIII of France and a Roman Catholic consort, making all but Charles II of the King's children convert to Catholicism.