History A-Level
Lawful resistance
What Lawful resistance means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Lawful resistance
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
The claim that resistance to tyranny was lawful because James II attacked law and Protestantism, which made the throne vacant.
Topics that use Lawful resistance
- How revolutionary, in the years to 1701, was the Glorious Revolution of 1688–89? (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Anglican establishment
- constitutional monarchy
- Contract and consent
- Financial revolution
- Legal change and local enforcement
- Parliamentary control of finance
- parliamentary supply
- Protestant dissent
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