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  • 1. What primary political principle did the Glorious Revolution establish?
A) Parliamentary sovereignty
B) Dictatorial rule
C) Absolute monarchy
D) Direct democracy
  • 2. According to the Earl of Shaftesbury, what provides life and motion to the English government?
A) The Parliament of England
B) The Church of England
C) The Monarch
D) The British Army
  • 3. Which document formally established a system of constitutional monarchy in 1689?
A) The Bill of Rights
B) The Act of Toleration
C) The Magna Carta
D) The Coronation Oath Act
  • 4. Which institution maintains the British Army as its military arm?
A) The Church
B) The Monarch
C) The Supreme Court
D) Parliament
  • 5. Where did the majority of the bloodshed during the Glorious Revolution occur?
A) Ireland
B) England
C) Scotland
D) The American colonies
  • 6. How do some historians describe the Glorious Revolution in England compared to the French Revolution?
A) A coup d'état
B) An industrial revolution
C) A social upheaval
D) A peasant revolt
  • 7. What original meaning of 'revolution' is mentioned in the text?
A) A technological advancement
B) A circular process restoring old values
C) An economic collapse
D) A complete societal transformation
  • 8. Whose social contract theory influenced contemporary English political thought during the revolution?
A) John Locke
B) George Buchanan
C) King William
D) The Earl of Shaftesbury
  • 9. The Scottish Parliament used arguments about the contractual agreement between monarch and subjects to justify what?
A) The Dominion of New England
B) The Act of Toleration
C) The Claim of Right
D) The Bill of Rights
  • 10. Under the Coronation Oath Act 1688, William was required to maintain the primacy of which church?
A) Dutch Reformed Church
B) Church of England
C) Catholic Church
D) Church of Scotland
  • 11. Why was Catholic emancipation delayed until 1829?
A) Lack of funds
B) Domestic opposition
C) Foreign invasion
D) Lack of interest from the monarch
  • 12. The Act of Toleration 1689 granted religious relief to which group?
A) Nonconformists
B) The Dutch Reformed
C) Catholics
D) The Monarch's allies
  • 13. What event occurred in North America following the news of the Glorious Revolution in 1689?
A) A war with France
B) A revolt in Boston
C) The immediate independence of the colonies
D) The founding of a new monarchy
  • 14. Which modern human rights framework was influenced by the principles of the Glorious Revolution?
A) The Communist Manifesto
B) The Geneva Convention
C) Universal Declaration of Human Rights
D) The Treaty of Versailles
  • 15. Which of the following was the monarch no longer allowed to do without Parliament's consent?
A) Travel abroad
B) Sign treaties
C) Attend church
D) Levy taxes
  • 16. What action did James take in November 1685 regarding Parliament?
A) He suspended it
B) He forced it to pass the Test Act
C) He dissolved it permanently
D) He increased its powers
  • 17. Whom did James order Magdalen College to elect as president in 1687?
A) John Hough
B) Anthony Farmer
C) John Shorter
D) Henry Compton
  • 18. What was the consequence for the fellows of Magdalen College who refused to apologize to James?
A) They were imprisoned in the Tower
B) They were exiled to Scotland
C) They were replaced by Catholics
D) They were stripped of their voting rights
  • 19. What percentage of the English population were Catholic in the late 1680s?
A) 10%
B) 25%
C) 4.4%
D) 1.1%
  • 20. What did John Shorter, the Lord Mayor of London, insist on doing in 1687?
A) Repealing the Test Act
B) Resigning his position in protest
C) Complying with the Test Act
D) Converting to Catholicism
  • 21. When were writs issued for a general election during the reign of James II?
A) November 1685
B) 24 August 1688
C) April 1687
D) 30 June 1688
  • 22. What happened when the Archbishop of Canterbury and six other bishops refused to read the Declaration of Indulgence?
A) They were charged with seditious libel
B) They were forced to convert to Catholicism
C) They were sent to exile in Ireland
D) They were immediately executed
  • 23. What was the political movement to restore James or his descendants called?
A) Jacobitism
B) Presbyterianism
C) Toryism
D) Whiggism
  • 24. What was the religion of James II?
A) Presbyterian
B) Roman Catholic
C) Protestant
D) Episcopalian
  • 25. Where did William of Orange land his army on 5 November 1688?
A) Devon
B) London
C) Dublin
D) Scotland
  • 26. Where did James II go into exile?
A) Ireland
B) France
C) The Netherlands
D) Scotland
  • 27. What form of government was formally established by the Revolution?
A) Theocracy
B) Constitutional monarchy
C) Absolute monarchy
D) Republic
  • 28. When did James II first become king?
A) November 1688
B) February 1685
C) June 1689
D) 1660
  • 29. What percentage of Irish land was owned by Catholics in 1685?
A) 10%
B) 22%
C) 90%
D) 50%
  • 30. What did James's supporters prioritize over his personal Catholicism?
A) Religious tolerance
B) Parliamentary supremacy
C) Absolute monarchy
D) Hereditary succession
  • 31. Which group led the opposition to James's policies of 'Tolerance'?
A) French Protestants
B) Scottish Presbyterians
C) Devout Anglicans
D) Irish Catholics
  • 32. Approximately how many French Protestants settled in London after the Edict of Fontainebleau?
A) 10,000
B) 400,000
C) 200,000
D) 40,000
  • 33. What was the role of the Earl of Tyrconnell in Ireland?
A) Lord Deputy
B) Archbishop of Dublin
C) Parliamentary speaker
D) Commander of the Royal Navy
  • 34. How many Vaudois Protestants were killed in 1686?
A) 200,000
B) 2,000
C) 40,000
D) 500
  • 35. What rebellion did William III help James suppress in 1685?
A) French Huguenot Rebellion
B) Glorious Rebellion
C) Irish Presbyterian Rebellion
D) Monmouth Rebellion
  • 36. Which group's expulsion from France contributed to William's belief that war was inevitable?
A) Tories
B) Huguenots
C) Dissenters
D) Catholics
  • 37. Who was the Elector of Brandenburg that renounced his French alliance in 1685?
A) Frederick William
B) James II
C) William III
D) Gaspar Fagel
  • 38. What did William conclude was necessary from England in the event of war?
A) Active support
B) Naval blockades
C) Financial reparations
D) Absolute neutrality
  • 39. Which advisor was part of James's inner circle of Catholic converts?
A) Gaspar Fagel
B) Monmouth
C) de Zuylestein
D) Sunderland
  • 40. Who travelled to England in August 1687 to make contact with political opposition?
A) Tyrconnell
B) de Zuylestein
C) Gaspar Fagel
D) William III
  • 41. What news in October 1687 contributed to the decision to invade England?
A) The Queen was pregnant
B) Louis XIV died
C) James declared war on France
D) The Test Acts were repealed
  • 42. Who wrote a pamphlet in 1688 supporting freedom of worship for Dissenters?
A) William III
B) Gaspar Fagel
C) James II
D) Sunderland
  • 43. What commodity did Louis XIV impose tariffs on in April 1688?
A) English coal
B) Dutch wool
C) French wine
D) Dutch herring
  • 44. What did William request from the Whig opposition to justify his intervention?
A) A royal decree
B) A military treaty
C) A formal invitation
D) A financial subsidy
  • 45. Whose inheritance was William worried about protecting?
A) The parliament's
B) His own
C) His children's
D) His wife's
  • 46. Who drafted the 'Invitation to William'?
A) William Cavendish
B) Gilbert Burnet
C) Henry Sydney
D) Edward Russell
  • 47. How did Whig historians describe Henry Sydney's role?
A) The great wheel on which the Revolution rolled
B) The secret leader of the rebellion
C) The primary financier of the fleet
D) The architect of the Dutch Republic
  • 48. Who represented the church among the signatories?
A) Henry Sydney
B) Henry Compton
C) Thomas Osborne
D) William Cavendish
  • 49. Who carried the Invitation to The Hague?
A) Edward Russell
B) Rear Admiral Herbert
C) Bentinck
D) Henry Sydney
  • 50. How was the messenger who carried the Invitation to The Hague disguised?
A) As a Catholic priest
B) As an English nobleman
C) As a common sailor
D) As a Dutch merchant
  • 51. Which political party did the signatory Thomas Osborne, 1st Earl of Danby, represent?
A) Tory
B) Jacobite
C) Independent
D) Whig
  • 52. How many mercenaries did Bentinck hire to secure Dutch border fortresses?
A) 260
B) 15,000
C) 30,000
D) 13,616
  • 53. Who provided two million guilders for William's invasion?
A) Johann von Görtz
B) Bentinck
C) The Elector of Cologne
D) Francisco Lopes Suasso
  • 54. What weather condition helped the Dutch cross the Channel while keeping the English fleet docked?
A) Thick fog
B) Unusually calm seas
C) Easterly winds
D) Strong western gales
  • 55. Who warned England that a Dutch conquest was being planned under the guise of religion and liberty?
A) Gilbert Burnet
B) James II
C) Ignatius White
D) William of Orange
  • 56. Who translated the Declaration of The Hague into English?
A) William of Orange
B) The Marquess d'Albeville
C) Gilbert Burnet
D) Fagel
  • 57. Which educational institution's Fellows were removed by James's illegal commission?
A) Trinity College, Dublin
B) Magdalen College, Oxford
C) Eton College
D) Cambridge University
  • 58. What wind direction helped the Dutch fleet sail to England?
A) South
B) North-west
C) South-west
D) East
  • 59. What did Catholics call the winds that initially prevented the Dutch fleet from sailing?
A) Divine wind
B) Royal wind
C) Protestant wind
D) Popish wind
  • 60. On what date were the Dutch embarkations completed?
A) 30 September
B) 22 September
C) 14 October
D) 8 October
  • 61. From which naval port did the Dutch invasion fleet depart?
A) Rotterdam
B) Hellevoetsluis
C) Amsterdam
D) The Hague
  • 62. What was the total number of ships in the expeditionary force?
A) Exactly 100
B) Exactly 250
C) Over 1,000
D) Over 400
  • 63. How many horses were lost during the initial failed departure?
A) Nearly ten thousand
B) Nearly a thousand
C) Five hundred
D) None
  • 64. Which site had Bentinck prepared for the Dutch landing?
A) Harwich
B) Plymouth
C) Torbay
D) London
  • 65. On what date did the fleet reach Torbay?
A) 10 November
B) 21 October
C) 13 November
D) 5 November
  • 66. What did James offer the bishops on 28 September to stop the invasion?
A) Concessions
B) His abdication
C) Religious freedom for all
D) A war against France
  • 67. Where did William issue a proclamation seeking a free Parliament?
A) London
B) Torbay
C) Exeter
D) York
  • 68. Where did James join his main force of 19,000 soldiers on 19 November?
A) Faversham
B) Reading
C) Salisbury
D) London
  • 69. What was the only substantial military action in the campaign besides the Reading skirmish?
A) Siege of Plymouth
B) Naval battle at Dover
C) Battle of York
D) Clash at Wincanton
  • 70. Which city did William take on 18 November to secure his rear?
A) Hull
B) York
C) Plymouth
D) Reading
  • 71. Which family member defected to William on 26 November?
A) The Earl of Rochester
B) The Queen
C) The Prince of Wales
D) Princess Anne
  • 72. Where was James captured on 11 December?
A) Faversham
B) Rochester
C) Portsmouth
D) London
  • 73. To which location did William recommend James relocate for easier escape?
A) Faversham
B) France
C) Rochester
D) Ham
  • 74. On what date did James finally leave for France?
A) 18 December
B) 16 December
C) 23 December
D) 10 December
  • 75. Who provided the financing for the expedition?
A) The Admiralty of Amsterdam
B) Arthur Herbert
C) William of Orange
D) Willem Bastiaensz Schepers
  • 76. Which group dominated the House of Lords in the Convention Parliament?
A) Republicans
B) Tories
C) Whigs
D) Stuart loyalists
  • 77. Who was the Stuart loyalist that recognized keeping James on the throne was impossible?
A) William of Orange
B) Archbishop Sancroft
C) Danby
D) Halifax
  • 78. When was the coronation of William and Mary held?
A) 3 February
B) 6 February
C) 22 January
D) 11 April
  • 79. What faith did William and Mary swear to maintain?
A) Catholic faith
B) Protestant Reformed faith
C) Calvinist faith
D) Anglican supremacy only
  • 80. By November 1688, what was the level of support for James in Scotland?
A) The entire population
B) A clear majority
C) A tiny minority
D) Roughly fifty percent
  • 81. How many delegates in the Scottish Convention were classed as Episcopalian?
A) 125
B) 75
C) 100
D) 50
  • 82. What did the Letter from James, read on 16 March, demand?
A) The execution of William
B) The return of his throne
C) A truce
D) Obedience
  • 83. What was the key determinant of Jacobite support in 1715 and 1745?
A) Loyalty to the Scottish Privy Council
B) Opposition to the Articles of Grievances
C) Non-Juring Episcopalianism
D) Support for the English Parliament
  • 84. Who provided refuge to James II after he fled England in 1688?
A) Louis XIV
B) Viscount Dundee
C) The Earl of Tyrconnell
D) William III
  • 85. When did James II land in Ireland?
A) October 1691
B) December 1688
C) July 1690
D) 12 March 1689
  • 86. What were the supporters of James II called?
A) Royalists
B) Protestants
C) Williamites
D) Jacobites
  • 87. Which key northern port were the Jacobites unable to capture?
A) Limerick
B) Dundalk
C) Belfast
D) Derry
  • 88. Who was the Williamite general who landed in Belfast Lough in August 1689?
A) Godert de Ginkel
B) William III
C) Marquis de St Ruth
D) Schomberg
  • 89. Why did the Williamite army stall at Dundalk?
A) French reinforcements
B) Lack of troops
C) Logistics failures
D) Orders from William III
  • 90. Who led the Scottish Jacobites at the Battle of Killiecrankie?
A) Marquis de St Ruth
B) James II
C) Viscount Dundee
D) The Earl of Tyrconnell
  • 91. In which month and year was the Battle of the Boyne fought?
A) July 1689
B) October 1691
C) March 1689
D) July 1690
  • 92. At which battle were the Franco-Irish forces defeated on 12 July 1691?
A) Limerick
B) The Boyne
C) Aughrim
D) Killiecrankie
  • 93. When did the Scottish rising largely conclude?
A) May 1690
B) October 1691
C) July 1689
D) September 1690
  • 94. What was the destination of the bulk of the Williamite forces after the Treaty of Limerick?
A) England
B) Scotland
C) France
D) Low Countries
  • 95. Where did the Franco-Irish army suffer a heavy repulse in September 1690?
A) Dundalk
B) Derry
C) Limerick
D) Aughrim
  • 96. What caused the Dutch Republic to become financially exhausted by 1712?
A) A decline in internal manufacturing
B) Expensive military campaigns
C) The collapse of the East India Company
D) The loss of colonial territories
  • 97. Where did the main Dutch banking houses move after 1688?
A) Brussels
B) Paris
C) The Hague
D) London
  • 98. Who famously interpreted the Revolution as a consensual triumph of English common sense?
A) Steven Pincus
B) Thomas Macaulay
C) Jonathan Israel
D) Karl Marx
  • 99. Which historian argued that the 1688 invasion was the decisive phase of the Nine Years' War?
A) J. R. Jones
B) Jonathan Scott
C) John Childs
D) Edmund Burke
  • 100. How did Karl Marx characterize the Glorious Revolution?
A) Radical
B) Democratic
C) Conservative
D) Liberal
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