The Act of Settlement and Condition of the Monarchy and CoE in 1702

Final major piece of constitutional legislation passed during Will's reign was this act. It stated that future succession would be vested in the House of Hanover to avoid potential Catholic heirs to the throne. Sophia (grandaughter of JI) was married to Ernst Augustus, Elector of Hanover, when she died the succession was passed to her son George I. 

Terms: 

• Catholics were barred from succession. 
• Furture monarchs required to be members of CoE. 
• Judges could no longer be mismissed without P consent. 
• Royal pardons declared void in cases of impeachment. 
• Monarch unable to leave Britain without Parliamen'ts consent/ 
• No future monarch was allowed to enter England into a war in order to defence the monarch's home country without the consent of Parliament. 
• No foreign-born man was allowed to join the PC, sit in either House of P or have a military command (and be granted land and titles) 

Period from 1690-1715 referred to by historians as the Rage of Pary; characterised by the instability of frequent elections. More elections came a renewed interest in politics from those outisde the PN and the electorate were better informed than they had ever been as a result of the lapasing of the Licensing Act of 95. 

Parliament and Monarchy become partners? 

• Will needed P taxes in order to fight the French, reuslted in increased P control over gov finance. 
• Triennial Act made P an institution Will couldn't ignore. 
• Will forced to appoint men he loathed to senior positions. 
• Will forced to reduce size of the army. 
• Bill of Rights stated P approval needed for standing army in peacetime and outlawed taxation without P's consent. 
• Still a desire to join the royal court. 
• Royal prerogative left intact. 
• Will had more financial independence that previous monarchs.