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