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