Reign of Charles II and James II

the return in of the Stuart monarchy to the kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland

Parliament overwhelmingly Royalist and is also known as the Pensioner Parliament for the many pensions it granted to adherents of the King

This act was a general pardon for everyone who had committed crimes during the English Civil War and subsequent Commonwealth period

It was the second in a series of naval wars fought between England and the Dutch Republic

While some of the Penal Laws were much older, they took their most drastic shape during the reign of Charles II named after minister Earl of Clarendon

designed for the express purpose of restricting public offices in England to members of the Church of England

was an act of the Parliament of England that forbade conventicles

It forbade clergymen from living, visiting or preaching within five miles of a parish from which they had been expelled

It prescribed the form of public prayers, administration of sacraments and other rites of the Established Church of England

A naval conflict between the Dutch Republic and England, in alliance with France

was Charles II of England's attempt to extend religious liberty to Protestant nonconformists and Roman Catholics in his realms what is the declaration called

was a fictitious conspiracy invented by Titus Oates that between 1678 and 1681 gripped the kingdoms of England and Scotland in anti-Catholic hysteria

Three Exclusion Bills sought to exclude the King's brother and heir presumptive, James, Duke of York

was a plan to assassinate King Charles II of England and his brother

was a proclamation by Charles II of England in which he promised a general pardon for crimes committed during the English Civil War and the Interregnum

was the most recent major epidemic of the bubonic plague to occur in England

was a major conflagration that occurred in central London

were a series of penal laws originating in Restoration England, passed by the Parliament of England

Charles reign was full of this academy study

This building played a major role in the history of astronomy and navigation in Greenwich

He is known as the what his epithet

Charles II was succeed by his brother James II however his problem was his faith

It gained its name because at the outset most of its members were loyal to the new king and only parliament

Dissident Protestants led by James Scott eldest illegitimate son of Charles II, opposed James largely due to his Catholicism what is the rebellion called

The rising was intended to tie down Royal forces in Scotland while a above rebellion

were a series of trials started at Winchester on 25 August 1685 in the aftermath of the Battle of Sedgemoor, which ended the Rebellion in England

was a pair of proclamations made by James II An early step towards establishing freedom of religion

was the deposition of King James II

He was replaced by his daughter