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- BOOK XX WILLIAM III AND PARLIAMENT DURING THE WAR WITH FRANCE, 169O–1697
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAP. I Formation of the Grand Alliance. Beginning and character of the War
- CHAP. II William III in 1691. Reduction of Ireland
- CHAP. III Parliamentary Grants. Glencoe
- CHAP. IV The War in 1692, 1693. Battle of La Hogue
- CHAP. V Tories and Whigs in the Sessions of 1692 and 1693
- CHAP. VI National Debt, and Bank of England. Campaign of 1694
- CHAP. VII Parliamentary Proceedings in the Session of 1694, 1695. Death of Queen Mary
- CHAP. VIII Campaign of 1695. Parliament of 1695, 1696
- CHAP. IX French and Jacobite schemes of invasion: the Plot of 1696
- CHAP. X Association. The two Banks. Victory of the Whigs
- CHAP. XI The Peace of Ryswick
- BOOK XXI THE LATER YEARS OF WILLIAM III, 1697—1702
- BOOK XXII REVIEW OF ENGLISH HISTORY TO THE YEAR 1760
CHAP. VIII - Campaign of 1695. Parliament of 1695, 1696
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 June 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- BOOK XX WILLIAM III AND PARLIAMENT DURING THE WAR WITH FRANCE, 169O–1697
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAP. I Formation of the Grand Alliance. Beginning and character of the War
- CHAP. II William III in 1691. Reduction of Ireland
- CHAP. III Parliamentary Grants. Glencoe
- CHAP. IV The War in 1692, 1693. Battle of La Hogue
- CHAP. V Tories and Whigs in the Sessions of 1692 and 1693
- CHAP. VI National Debt, and Bank of England. Campaign of 1694
- CHAP. VII Parliamentary Proceedings in the Session of 1694, 1695. Death of Queen Mary
- CHAP. VIII Campaign of 1695. Parliament of 1695, 1696
- CHAP. IX French and Jacobite schemes of invasion: the Plot of 1696
- CHAP. X Association. The two Banks. Victory of the Whigs
- CHAP. XI The Peace of Ryswick
- BOOK XXI THE LATER YEARS OF WILLIAM III, 1697—1702
- BOOK XXII REVIEW OF ENGLISH HISTORY TO THE YEAR 1760
Summary
High as the waves of party feeling at that time rolled, the action of the State was not affected by them. The estimates for the coming year were voted at once, and the imposts settled on which the requisite loans were to be based. It was no easy matter, as Parliament could not reconcile itself to any kind of excise-duty. Among other things the very singular expedient was adopted of subjecting marriages, births, burials, as well as bachelors and widows to a new tax. The feeling was that everything must be done to enable the King to carry on the French war with due vigour.
France too had made extraordinary efforts, in order to raise the sums required as means of war for the coming campaign. Louis XIV had imposed a poll-tax, a most comprehensive source of income; the clergy had supported his demand with the declaration that the King would make a holy use of the money; every one, with royalist and Catholic enthusiasm, had done his duty as a patriot with all his might.
All eyes were directed towards the opening of the campaign from which something decisive, if not an immediate and great battle, was expected. Every one felt sure that England, under the growing alienation of the Tories from the King, would never again agree to so heavy a taxation; and if the English subsidies failed the allies must soon fall asunder.
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- A History of EnglandPrincipally in the Seventeenth Century, pp. 93 - 106Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010