| Term | Definition |
|---|
| James II | He alienated parliament by insisting upon the repeal of the Test Act |
| Catholic | The religion of James II |
| Anglican | The majority religion in England during the reigh of James II |
| Declaration of Indulgence | This was successfully passes under James II ending the Test Act and allowed the English to worship freely |
| Parliament | local candidates for this group were replaced by Catholics if they opposed the Declaration of Indulgence |
| Bishops | Seven of these were imprisoned for not supporting the Declaration of Indulgence |
| Tories | Members of this pro-monarchy party did not support James II absolutist policies |
| Louis XIV | Many of James II policies reminded England of this French king |
| Glorious Revolution | Birth of a son to James II Catholic wife led to this event |
| Mary | The eldest protestant daughter of James II |
| Orange | Great-grandson of "the silent" and wife to Mary, he would be king of England |
| stadtholder | William of Orange's Dutch title |
| France | James II fled to this country leaving the English throne vacant |
| Bill of Rights | As terms of their rule, Mary and William signed this document limiting their power and extending the power of Parliament |
| Toleration Act | Allowed all nearly all protestants to practice but not Catholics or anti-trinitarians |
| Hanover | As a result of the Act of Settlement, this German family would gain the English throne if the Stuarts did not have a direct heir |
| Anne | She succeeded William and Mary |
| George I | He succeeded the last of the Stuart dynasty |
| Locke | His Second Treatise of Government supported |
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