| Year
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Parliament
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Election
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Legislation
|
Comments
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| 1660
|
Convention Parliament (1660)
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1660
|
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| 1661
|
Cavalier Parliament
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1661
|
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| 1679
|
Habeas Corpus Parliament
|
Mar 1679
|
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| 1680
|
Exclusion Bill Parliament
|
Oct 1679
|
|
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| 1681
|
Oxford Parliament (1681)
|
1681
|
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| 1685
|
Loyal Parliament
|
1685
|
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| 1689
|
Convention Parliament (1689)
|
1689
|
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- Bill to abolish the hearth tax
- Disabling clause in bill to restore corporations
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| 1690
|
2nd Wm & Mary
|
1690
|
|
- Massive expenditure on wars leads to new developments in finance
- Paul Foley's "Million Fund" scheme of 1693; carried out by Charles Montagu (Ch. Exch.) and Bank of England founded, to avert crisis in 1694 caused by extremely large military budget
- National Debt developed
- "Country opposition" begins to develop (contains both Whig and Tory members)
- Opposition organizes a "commission of accounts" to examine public expenditure, establishes point of opposition to the ministry. Attempted 1690, established 1691, renewed annually through 1697. [1] See spiritual successor, Public Accounts Committee (United Kingdom)
- Bill to secure rights of borough corporations
- Glass duty bill
- In 1692-3, Junto Whigs (court) join with country opposition to condemn mismanagement of the war by foreign generals, Tory ministers for naval setbacks. Result is mostly Whig government by 1694
- Rose Club: Whig club that met at the Rose Tavern, Covent Garden
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| 1695
|
3rd Wm III
|
1695
|
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- Division over council of trade
- Association
- Price of guineas fixed at 22s
- low wines duty
- Clause protecting hereditary rights on excise duty deriving from letters patent of Car. II
- Bill establishing land bank; clause naturalizing subscribers
- Attainder of Sir John Fenwick
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| 1698
|
4th Wm III
|
1698
|
|
- Land tax bill
- Committee of the whole on the state of the navy
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| Feb 1701
|
5th Wm III
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Jan 1701
|
1700 (12 & 13 Will. 3)
|
- Tories control Parliament, but many reluctant to spend on war preparations
- Act of Settlement 1701, Tories imposing many restrictions on the prerogative, obstruction by an alliance of 'Jacobites' and 'republicans'
- Commons learns of Treaty of London (1700) negotiated without Parliamentary approval; leads to impeachment of Portland. Also results in discovery of the First Partition Treaty; Harley takes advantage of Junto complicity to divert odium. Montagu, Orford and Somers impeached; latter two tried and acquitted by Lords.
- Tories order arrest of 5 Kentishmen petitioning in person for war preparations, but come around to some extent in final weeks of session
- 'Great Mortage' = general fund to settle public debt, established by act of 8 & 9 Gul. III c. 20.
|
| Dec 1701
|
6th Wm III
|
Nov 1701
|
1701 (13 & 14 Will. 3)
|
- Focus on preparation for war with France--"blacklist" of anti-preparation members pushed during elections
- Harley beats Littleton (Court) as speaker; King avoids Junto in constructing ministry.
- Tories bring in abjuration bill. Lengthy party debate over terms; Tories make it compulsory on close vote. Becomes Security of the Succession, etc. Act 1701
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| 1702
|
1st Anne
|
1702
|
1702 et seq.
|
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| 1705
|
2nd Anne
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1705
|
1705 (4 & 5 Ann.) et seq.
|
- Tory vs Whig speaker-Bromley
- Debate over joining in the Lords' address that the Church not in danger (cf. Church in Danger)
- 'place clause' of regency bill (see Regency Act 1705)
- Bewdley election dispute
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| 1707
|
1st GB
|
none
|
|
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| 1708
|
2nd GB
|
1708
|
|
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| 1710
|
3rd GB
|
1710
|
|
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| 1713
|
4th GB
|
1713
|
|
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| 1715
|
5th GB
|
1715
|
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| 1722
|
6th GB
|
1722
|
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| 1727
|
7th GB
|
1727
|
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| 1734
|
8th GB
|
1734
|
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| 1741
|
9th GB
|
1741
|
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| 1747
|
10th GB
|
1747
|
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| 1754
|
11th GB
|
1754
|
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| 1761
|
12th GB
|
1761
|
|
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| 1768
|
13th GB
|
1768
|
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| 1774
|
14th GB
|
1774
|
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| 1780
|
15th GB
|
1780
|
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| 1784
|
16th GB
|
1784
|
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| 1790
|
17th GB
|
1790
|
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| 1796
|
18th GB
|
1796
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