Exclusion Crisis
What Exclusion Crisis means in History A-Level, as defined for AQA, Pearson Edexcel.
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Part of the conflicts between king and parliaments from 1665 to 1681, centred on money, the succession and exclusion, producing repeated clashes and dissolution.
The crisis of 1679–1681 that fractured the Political Nation and catalysed the emergence of the first formal political parties.
Topics that use Exclusion Crisis
- 1D Stuart Britain and the Crisis of Monarchy, 1603–1702 – The establishment of constitutional monarchy, 1678–1702 (A-level only) (AQA A-Level)
- The quest for political stability, 1625–88 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Conflict between Crown and Parliament
- Constitutional change and parliamentary power
- Constitutional experiments and failure
- Legitimacy and authority
- Lord Protector
- Multiple kingdom dynamics
- Personal Rule
- Political Nation
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