Exclusion Crisis

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constitutional crisis political crisis

The Exclusion Crisis was a late 17th-century political conflict in England over whether to bar the Catholic James, Duke of York, from the throne, which helped give rise to the Whig and Tory parties.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Exclusion Crisis canonical	19
English Exclusion Crisis	1
Exclusion Crisis era	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional crisis ⓘ political crisis ⓘ
chronology	occurs after the Restoration and before the Glorious Revolution ⓘ
conflictWith	Duke of York ⓘ surface form: James, Duke of York
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
endTime	1681 ⓘ
followedBy	Glorious Revolution ⓘ Rye House Plot ⓘ
hasCause	Popish Plot ⓘ surface form: Popish Plot scare fear of a Catholic monarch ⓘ
hasConsequence	accession of James II in 1685 ⓘ later justification for the Glorious Revolution of 1688 ⓘ
hasEffect	development of party politics in England ⓘ emergence of the Tory party ⓘ emergence of the Whig party ⓘ increased importance of public opinion and political propaganda ⓘ polarization of English political life ⓘ strengthening of royal prerogative under Charles II ⓘ
hasLegalOutcome	failure of the Exclusion Bill ⓘ
hasMainSubject	exclusion of James, Duke of York, from the line of succession ⓘ succession to the English throne ⓘ
location	England ⓘ Parliament of England ⓘ
opponent	House of Lords ⓘ Charles II of England ⓘ surface form: King Charles II of England
participant	Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury ⓘ Charles II of England ⓘ Country party ⓘ Court party ⓘ James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth ⓘ Duke of York ⓘ surface form: James, Duke of York Tory ⓘ surface form: Tories Whig Party ⓘ surface form: Whigs
partOf	Stuart period ⓘ surface form: Stuart period in England history of the British monarchy ⓘ
relatedTo	English Civil War ⓘ Popish Plot ⓘ Restoration of the monarchy ⓘ Test Act 1673 ⓘ surface form: Test Acts
religiousContext	Protestant–Catholic tensions ⓘ anti-Catholic sentiment in England ⓘ
significantEvent	Habeas Corpus Act 1679 ⓘ Oxford Parliament of 1681 ⓘ dissolution of the Cavalier Parliament ⓘ introduction of Exclusion Bill ⓘ
significantPlace	City of Westminster ⓘ surface form: Westminster
startTime	1679 ⓘ
supporter	House of Commons of England ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tory → originatedDuring → Exclusion Crisis ⓘ

Restoration → keyEvent → Exclusion Crisis ⓘ

subject surface form: Restoration (England)

Charles II of England → notableEvent → Exclusion Crisis ⓘ

Sir Edward Seymour → participatedIn → Exclusion Crisis ⓘ

this entity surface form: English Exclusion Crisis

Monmouth Rebellion → hasCause → Exclusion Crisis ⓘ

Monmouth Rebellion → precededBy → Exclusion Crisis ⓘ

Exclusion Parliaments → mainSubject → Exclusion Crisis ⓘ

Exclusion Parliaments → conflict → Exclusion Crisis ⓘ

Popish Plot → hasEffect → Exclusion Crisis ⓘ

James Scott, 1st Duke of Monmouth → associatedWith → Exclusion Crisis ⓘ

Peveril of the Peak → historicalEventReferenced → Exclusion Crisis ⓘ

Court of Charles II of England → connectedTo → Exclusion Crisis ⓘ

Pitchfork Rebellion → precededBy → Exclusion Crisis ⓘ

Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland → associatedWithEvent → Exclusion Crisis ⓘ

Thomas Osborne, 1st Duke of Leeds → notableEvent → Exclusion Crisis ⓘ

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax → participatedIn → Exclusion Crisis ⓘ

William Russell, Lord Russell → participatedIn → Exclusion Crisis ⓘ

Oxford Parliament of 1681 → partOf → Exclusion Crisis ⓘ

Oxford Parliament of 1681 → politicalContext → Exclusion Crisis ⓘ

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury → participantIn → Exclusion Crisis ⓘ

Rye House Plot → partOf → Exclusion Crisis ⓘ

this entity surface form: Exclusion Crisis era