The Glorious Revolution (AQA A-Level History): Flashcards

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The Glorious Revolution
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Year of the Glorious Revolution

1688

Steve Pincus's term for James II's modernisation programme

Catholic modernity

What did Test Acts require of office holders?

Take Anglican communion & swear oath of supremacy

Godden vs. Hales verdict (margin)

11 to 1 in favour of royal dispensing power

Date James Francis Edward was born

10 June 1688

When were the Seven Bishops acquitted?

30 June 1688

Where & when did William of Orange land?

Torbay, 5 November 1688

Size of Dutch fleet vs Spanish Armada

Four times larger

What was the 'Protestant wind'?

Wind that drove Dutch to Torbay, kept English fleet bottled up

James's second-in-command who defected to William

John Churchill

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