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The Making of Georgian Britain 1678–c.1760
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Crisis, monarchy and succession

Crisis, monarchy and succession

Timeline showing Popish Plot 1678, Exclusion Crisis, James II's policies, invitation to William of Orange, William's landing, James II's flight, and Convention Parliament 1689

From 1678, fear of Catholicism, royal power and the succession turned politics into a national crisis. The Popish Plot and then the Exclusion Crisis helped create the Whig and Tory groupings that shaped later politics.

The Making of Georgian Britain 1678–c.1760 Lesson

  1. A Level
  2. /History
  3. /The Making of Georgian Britain 1678–c.1760

Step-by-step lessons on OCR A Level History The Making of Georgian Britain 1678–c.1760. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Build a secure grasp of the outline narrative for your breadth and depth periods first, since the source-evaluation and historical-interpretations questions that carry a large share of the marks depend on that contextual knowledge.

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