Revolutionary ideals in the establishment of a Constitutional Monarchy

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When was James' Declaration of Indulgence signed? 

  • 1688- toleration for all religious groups. 

What was the reaction to the Declaration of Indulgence? 

  • Pamphleteering against the declaration began. 
  • Marquis of Halifax declared that parliament should have been consulted or passed their own law. 

What did Gilbert Burnet say about James' rule? 

  • He accused James and Charles of deliberately trying to create divisions among the political nation to further their own own Catholic and Arminian causes.

What did the Whigs argue? 

  • James had broken a solemn contract with his people, which allowed them to begin the process of deposing him. 
  • They cited John Locke's 'Two Treatises of Government…

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