Exclusion Parliaments

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The Exclusion Parliaments were a series of late 17th-century English parliaments dominated by efforts to exclude the Catholic James, Duke of York, from the succession to the throne.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English Parliament ⓘ
historical legislature ⓘ
aim to exclude James, Duke of York, from the line of succession ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Kingdom of England ⓘ
chronologicallyAfter Cavalier Parliament ⓘ
conflict Exclusion Crisis ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
describedBySource 17th-century English political histories ⓘ
endTime 1681 ⓘ
followedBy Oxford Parliament of 1681 ⓘ
governmentForm constitutional monarchy ⓘ
hasCause fear of a Catholic succession ⓘ
hasEffect emergence of Whig and Tory parties ⓘ
heightening of religious and political tensions in England ⓘ
hasHistoricalPeriod Stuart England ⓘ
hasPart First Exclusion Parliament ⓘ
Second Exclusion Parliament ⓘ
Third Exclusion Parliament ⓘ
hasTopic relationship between Crown and Parliament ⓘ
religious conflict in Restoration England ⓘ
succession to the English throne ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Exclusion Bill ⓘ
locatedIn England ⓘ
mainSubject Exclusion Crisis ⓘ
meetsIn Palace of Westminster ⓘ
opposedBy Tories ⓘ
linked to: Tory

supporters of royal prerogative ⓘ
partOf Restoration period in England ⓘ
linked to: Stuart period

history of the Parliament of England ⓘ
politicalIdeology Protestant succession ⓘ
precededBy Cavalier Parliament ⓘ
reasonFor attempts to secure a Protestant heir to the English throne ⓘ
religiousContext anti-Catholic sentiment in 17th-century England ⓘ
significantEvent introduction of Exclusion Bill ⓘ
significantOutcome consolidation of party politics in England ⓘ
failure to pass Exclusion Bill ⓘ
strengthening of Charles II’s control over Parliament ⓘ
significantPerson Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury ⓘ
James, Duke of York ⓘ
linked to: Duke of York

King Charles II of England ⓘ
Thomas Osborne, Earl of Danby ⓘ
significantPlace Westminster ⓘ
linked to: City of Westminster
startTime 1679 ⓘ
supportedBy Whigs ⓘ
linked to: Whig Party
temporalContext late 17th century ⓘ

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Referenced by (12)

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Restoration (England) → hasParliament → Exclusion Parliaments ⓘ
subject linked to: Restoration
Sir Thomas Littleton → parliamentaryTerm → Exclusion Parliaments ⓘ
Exclusion Parliaments → hasPart → First Exclusion Parliament ⓘ
linked to: Exclusion Parliaments
Exclusion Parliaments → hasPart → Second Exclusion Parliament ⓘ
linked to: Exclusion Parliaments
Exclusion Parliaments → hasPart → Third Exclusion Parliament ⓘ
linked to: Exclusion Parliaments
Oxford Parliament of 1681 → predecessor → Exclusion Bill Parliament ⓘ
linked to: Exclusion Parliaments
Exclusion Bill → introducedIn → First Exclusion Parliament ⓘ
linked to: Exclusion Parliaments
Exclusion Bill → introducedIn → Second Exclusion Parliament ⓘ
linked to: Exclusion Parliaments
Exclusion Bill → introducedIn → Third Exclusion Parliament ⓘ
linked to: Exclusion Parliaments
Danby ministry → parliamentaryContext → First Exclusion Parliament ⓘ
linked to: Exclusion Parliaments
final Parliament of Charles II → predecessor → Exclusion Bill Parliament ⓘ
linked to: Exclusion Parliaments
final Parliament of Charles II → parliamentNumber → 3rd Exclusion Parliament ⓘ
linked to: Exclusion Parliaments