Religion

• When was the Toleration Act passed?

  May 1689
• What were Dissenters required to do in order to not be punished?

  Take an Oath of allegiance to the Crown and accept the Test Act
• What was the requirement for Dissenters meetings?

  The doors of their meeting places could not be locked and the meetings were monitered closely
• Who recieved Special dispensations?

  Quakers were allowed to declare rather than swear the oath
• What could dissenters set up?

  Their own schools to educate their children
• What is an example of Senior Anglican churchmen making life harder for dissenters?

  Richard Franklin was harrassed by Anglican clergy whose parishes surrounded his Dissenting Academy in North Yorkshire
• When did Anglican clergy in North Yorkshire write to the Archbishop of Canterbury to close down a dissenting academy?

  1692
• What was required to enter public employment or attend university?

  Swearing allegiance to the Anglican Church
• What would happen if dissening groups locked the doors of their meeting house?

  They would lose their license
• What did dissenting groups still have to pay?

  Tithes, they would be persecuted by Anglican courts if they didnt
• Who was excluded from the Toleration Act?

  Catholics, Non-Trinetarians and Jews
• What is an example of Non-Trinetarians still being excluded?

  Isaac Newton had to conceal his belief in order to remain a proffessor at Trinity College, Cambridge
• When were Dissenters exempt from punishment?

  If they accepted the Test Act
• What did Toleration Acts in Scotland and Ireland mean?

  Dissenters couldn't participate in national or local government
• How many dissenters were there in England by 1714?

  400,000
• What percentage of the population did dissenters make up by 1714?

  8%