Charles II

• What year was the corporation act

  1661
• Some features of corporation act

  Allowed only Anglicans to hold local office - weakened puritan power
• When was the act of uniformity written

  1662
• features of act of uniformity

  -Restored the laudian church

  -set conditions that were so stringent that around 1,800 ministers were unable to conform and expelled from their livings
• When was the conventicle act written

  1664
• features of Conventicle act

  -Harsh punishment for those who tried to conduct religious life separate congregations outside the Church
• Convention parliament 


  Sought to deal with problems that led to the civil war
• some examples of convention parliament solving pre civil war issues

  • retained/continued the tirenal act
  • ensured parliamentary control over the militia
  • abolished prerogative courts -limiting monarch power
  • restored Anglican church and bishops

  restored Anglican Christ
• When was convention parliament dissolved

  December 1660
• Who was Thomas venner 


  1661 he led a failed rebellion in London that renewed fears of radicalism
• What was the new parliament referred to and why

  The cavalier parliament due to it’s overwhelmingly royalist members
• What changes did the ”cavalier parliament “ make

  • militia put under monarch control
  • Trienal act -didn’t provide way to force king to call parliament
• What was the aim of the savoy palace conference ?

  planned to work out details of new Anglican Settlement
• What did each group seek with the new Anglican settlement

  • presbytarian Royalists - sought a reformed church, allowed moderate puritans
  • high church party- sought restoration of the laudian system
  • latidutanarians- desired a flexible regime which could accommodate a broad range of beliefs
• What was the act of uniformity

  • restored laudian church and forced 1,800 ministers out as they couldn’t conform to its stringent regulations
  • By forcing so many believers to become dissenters -Hugh church party made them so much stronger, ensuring they couldn’t be removed completely
• When was hearth tax created

  1662
• Was it successful

  • raised a disappointing 250,00 and less in following years
  • however, he did receive 1.2 million a year from customs duties
• how did MP’s feel about these financial issues

  Meant Charles relied on parliament -no independence even on issues like foreign policy as he needs there financial backing
• Why did Charles attempt To suspend act of uniformity

  • Charles wanted to introduce an act of indulgence- Desired to provide a measure of religious tolerance
• Why did this raise catholic suspicions

  • perhaps he wanted to help protect dissenters and latitudinarians Or reduce tensions with Ireland and scotland
  • However the act would have really helped catholic cause
• How did Charles foreign policy raise catholic suspicions

  • Pro French (mother was French and spent lots of exile there )
• Why did the 1665 Anglo Dutch war raise suspicions

  • Partly designed to help aid louis XIV- campaign to destroy Protestant republic
• what is the ‘cabal’

  • Chales replaced James with a cabal -group of advisors -
  • two of the advisors were catholic - raising suspicions
• What did James II do in 1668

  • Announces catholic conversion
• Importance of treaty of Dover

  • 1670- confirmed charles catholic leanings to many
• Why did the treaty of Dover raise catholic suspicions

  • secret clause promised Charles open conversion to catholicism - along with generous French subsidies
• What did Charles issue in 1672

  • Charles II issues declaration of indulgence
• why was the declaration of indulgence significant

  • attempt to establish religious tolerance including catholics