AQA GCSE History · 8145
Paper 2
Revise: Crown and ParliamentThe detailed struggle over the Exclusion Bills belongs to the Catholic question, but it also explains the emergence of Whig and Tory party politics.
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GCSE History · key term
A member or supporter of the political grouping that emerged during the succession crisis of 1679–1681, supporting James’s exclusion from the throne and opposing the danger of Catholic, arbitrary government.
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Paper 2
Revise: Crown and ParliamentThe detailed struggle over the Exclusion Bills belongs to the Catholic question, but it also explains the emergence of Whig and Tory party politics.
Distinguish opposition to a Catholic successor from opposition to monarchy itself. Whigs supported excluding James; Tories opposed exclusion.
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