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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.

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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

The Making of Georgian Britain 1678–c.1760 Lesson