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The Impact of Empire on Britain 1688–c.1730

The Glorious Revolution, the Hanoverian succession and the British Isles

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Overview

William and Mary, James II in Ireland, the siege of Derry, the Boyne and Aughrim, Limerick and the penal laws, the Act of Settlement, the Claim of Right, Killiecrankie, the Jacobites and the Glencoe massacre.

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Key term

What was done at Glencoe on 13 February 1692?

Who and when

Where did James II land in Ireland in March 1689, and who was paying for the attempt?

Key term

What was settled by the Battle of the Boyne on 1 July 1690?

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  1. 1

    Who took the English throne in place of James II after the Glorious Revolution of 1688?

    Model answer

    His Protestant daughter Mary II and her Dutch husband William of Orange, who ruled together as William III and Mary II.

  2. 2

    Where did James II land in Ireland in March 1689, and who was paying for the attempt?

    Model answer

    He landed at Kinsale, backed by the money, ships and officers of Louis XIV of France.

  3. 3

    What happened at Derry between December 1688 and the summer of 1689?

    Model answer

    Apprentice boys shut the gates against a Jacobite regiment and the city held out under siege until the relief ship Mountjoy broke the boom across the Foyle.

  4. 4

    What was settled by the Battle of the Boyne on 1 July 1690?

    Model answer

    William III beat James II's army in open battle, and James left Ireland for France within days rather than fight on.

  5. 5

    Which battle in July 1691 destroyed the main Jacobite army in Ireland?

    Model answer

    Aughrim, where the Jacobite line broke and their French commander St Ruth was killed by a cannon shot.

  6. 6

    What was promised to Irish Catholics when Limerick surrendered in October 1691?

    Model answer

    The freedom to practise their religion that they had held under Charles II, and the return of estates to those who swore loyalty to William.

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