Lesson Y109.2
Y109.2 The Revolutionary Settlement and politics 1689–1714 Quiz: OCR History, Unit 1
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Lesson Y109.2, The Revolutionary Settlement and politics 1689–1714: 20 multiple choice questions for the OCR History (H505), Unit 1: Unit group 1: British period study, written with Revision Ninja.
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The 20 questions
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Which 1689 statute barred Roman Catholics from inheriting the English throne?
- Mutiny Act
- Act of Union
- Bill of Rights
- Triennial Act
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Which 1689 legislation granted freedom of worship to most Protestant dissenters in England?
- Toleration Act
- Test Act
- Corporation Act
- Schism Act
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What 1694 Act required parliamentary general elections to be held at least every three years?
- Mutiny Act
- Licensing Act
- Septennial Act
- Triennial Act
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Which institution was established in 1694 to help government raise funds for war with France?
- Royal Exchange
- South Sea Company
- East India Company
- Bank of England
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Which 1701 statute settled the British Crown succession on the Electress Sophia of Hanover?
- Act of Union
- Bill of Rights
- Toleration Act
- Act of Settlement
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Which 1707 legislation united the kingdoms of England and Scotland into Great Britain?
- Act of Settlement
- Act of Union
- Security Act
- Aliens Act
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Which annual act passed from 1689 ensured royal army discipline required regular parliamentary consent?
- Militia Act
- Test Act
- Mutiny Act
- Triennial Act
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What financial arrangement in 1698 granted the Crown a fixed annual sum for government expenses?
- Exchequer Grant
- Tonnage and Poundage
- Civil List
- Land Tax
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Which influential political group dominated Whig administration during much of King William III's reign?
- Junto Whigs
- Jacobites
- Tory Faction
- Country Party
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What term describes the intense Whig and Tory political rivalry between 1689 and 1715?
- Whig Supremacy
- Rage of Party
- Glorious Revolution
- Exclusion Crisis
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Which Tory preacher's 1710 impeachment sparked widespread riots and brought down the Whig government?
- Gilbert Burnet
- Robert Harley
- Henry Sacheverell
- Jonathan Swift
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Which treaty signed in 1713 brought an end to the War of the Spanish Succession?
- Treaty of Ryswick
- Treaty of Dover
- Treaty of Utrecht
- Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle
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Which Tory leader became Queen Anne's chief minister following the Whig collapse in 1710?
- Lord Godolphin
- Robert Walpole
- Robert Harley
- Duke of Marlborough
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Which 1711 Act prevented dissenters from taking Anglican communion solely to qualify for public office?
- Toleration Act
- Schism Act
- Test Act
- Occasional Conformity Act
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Which 1714 statute aimed to prevent Protestant dissenters from operating their own schools and academies?
- Corporation Act
- Licensing Act
- Schism Act
- Toleration Act
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Who was the prominent Whig military commander who won major victories at Blenheim and Ramillies?
- Duke of Marlborough
- Earl of Danby
- Duke of Monmouth
- Duke of Ormonde
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Which monarch co-ruled England alongside William III from 1689 until her death in 1694?
- Queen Anne
- Sophia of Hanover
- Mary of Modena
- Mary II
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What major conflict did William III fight against France between 1688 and 1697?
- Nine Years' War
- Thirty Years' War
- War of Jenkins' Ear
- Seven Years' War
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Which taxation system introduced in 1692 became the primary source of state war finance?
- Income Tax
- Hearth Tax
- Land Tax
- Window Tax
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What legal principle protecting judges from arbitrary dismissal by the monarch was confirmed in 1701?
- Judicial independence
- Royal Prerogative
- Habeas Corpus
- Parliamentary Supremacy
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