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Political Compass: Rage of Party

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The late 17th and early 18th centuries saw the rise of a new phenomenon that would transform Britain forever: party politics. Whigs and Tories engaged in a ferocious battle to define the fate of a country in flux. The Tories represented the established social forces of squire and church, while the Whigs embodied the rising forces of financial power and Protestant Dissent. However, as tumultuous events - from the Glorious Revolution and the founding of the Bank of England to the War of the Spanish Succession - rocked the country, politics changed. The parties evolved over time and were riddled with factions and divisions.
Who would you have been? A radical 'True Whig'? A gouty landed Tory backbencher? A cynical 'Junto' Whig power-monger? An angry High Church Tory? An outright Jacobite? Find out and take this quiz!
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In 1688, King James II was deposed after he attempted to controversially promote his Roman Catholic faith among his largely Protestant subjects. What is your view of this Revolution?

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In 1689, with Calvinist William III now King, the Toleration Act was passed, which suspended legal penalties against (most) Protestant Christians who were outside of the Church of England ('Dissenters') - although no such luck for Roman Catholics. What is your view of the Toleration Act?

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In 1694, the Bank of England was founded and the National Debt came into existence. This Financial Revolution gave the state an enormously increased capacity to borrow, helping fund William III's war against France. Is this a good thing?

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After James II and his Roman Catholic heirs were kicked out in 1688, the question of the succession to the throne haunted English politics. On the death of Queen Anne, should the throne go to the distant, but Protestant, claimants, the German Hanoverians? Or do you agree with the Jacobites, who want to restore James II's son?

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In 1702, England, its armies led by John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, began fighting Louis XIV's France in the War of the Spanish Succession, a war that will drag on for a decade. What is your view of this war?

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The Test and Corporation Acts ensure that only those who take Holy Communion within the Church of England can hold public office - but Protestant Dissenters are increasingly circumventing this by 'Occasional Conformity' (qualifying for office by insincerely fulfilling the requirements of the acts). What is your view of this?

The Test and Corporation Acts ensure that only those who take Holy Communion within the Church of England can hold public office - but Protestant Dissenters are increasingly circumventing this by 'Occasional Conformity' (qualifying for office by insincerely fulfilling the requirements of the acts). What is your view of this?
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It is 1709. Desperate refugees from Protestant Germany, ravaged by the chaos of war, seek refuge in England. What should we do about it?

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It is 1710. Fiery High Church parson Dr Sacheverell has just delivered a dynamite sermon attacking Dissenters and Whig politicians whom he accuses of undermining the Church of England. He also apparently questions the legitimacy of the Glorious Revolution. What is to be done about this man?

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