Exclusion Bill

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The Exclusion Bill was a late 17th-century English parliamentary proposal aimed at preventing the Catholic James, Duke of York, from succeeding to the throne, thereby intensifying the Exclusion Crisis and shaping the development of party politics.

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Exclusion Bill canonical 3
Exclusion Bill Parliament 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional proposal ⓘ
proposed Act of Parliament ⓘ
aimedAt James, Duke of York ⓘ
linked to: Duke of York
appliesToJurisdiction England ⓘ
chamber House of Commons of England ⓘ
House of Lords of England ⓘ
linked to: House of Lords
concerns religious affiliation of the monarch ⓘ
royal succession ⓘ
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
endTime 1681 ⓘ
genre constitutional law proposal ⓘ
hasEffect contributed to the emergence of the Tory party ⓘ
contributed to the emergence of the Whig party ⓘ
intensified the Exclusion Crisis ⓘ
shaped the development of English party politics ⓘ
hasHistoricalSignificance major episode in the evolution of modern party politics in Britain ⓘ
historicalPeriod Restoration era ⓘ
linked to: Stuart period
introducedIn First Exclusion Parliament ⓘ
Second Exclusion Parliament ⓘ
Third Exclusion Parliament ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of England ⓘ
legislativeOutcome defeated in the House of Lords ⓘ
location Westminster ⓘ
linked to: City of Westminster
longTermEffect foreshadowed the constitutional settlement of the Glorious Revolution ⓘ
strengthened parliamentary claims over succession policy ⓘ
mainSubject Exclusion Crisis ⓘ
motivatedBy concern over James, Duke of York’s Catholicism ⓘ
fear of Catholic absolutism ⓘ
objective to exclude James, Duke of York, from the line of succession ⓘ
to prevent a Catholic monarch from succeeding to the English throne ⓘ
opposedBy King Charles II of England ⓘ
Tories ⓘ
politicalContext succession to the English throne ⓘ
precededBy Test Act of 1673 ⓘ
relatedConcept limited monarchy ⓘ
parliamentary sovereignty ⓘ
relatedEvent Glorious Revolution of 1688 ⓘ
linked to: Glorious Revolution
relatedTo Habeas Corpus Act 1679 ⓘ
Popish Plot ⓘ
religiousContext anti-Catholic sentiment in England ⓘ
result never enacted into law ⓘ
startTime 1679 ⓘ
supportedBy Whigs ⓘ
linked to: British Whig Party
timePeriod late 17th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Oxford Parliament → legislativeTopic → Exclusion Bill ⓘ
final Parliament of Charles II → relatedEvent → Exclusion Bill Parliament ⓘ
linked to: Exclusion Bill