Second Expulsion of the Long Parliament,.

111

Monk and the Army of Scotland march into England,

112

The Conduct of those who restored the House of Stuart unjustly

Disputes between the Roundheads and Cavaliers renewed,

Religious Dissension,..

Unpopularity of the Puritans,

125

Character of Charles the Second,

130

Characters of the Duke of York and Earl of Clarendon,

134

State of European Politics, and Ascendency of France,.

154

War with the United Provinces and their extreme Danger,

Peace with the United Provinces; Administration of Danby,

Embarrassing Situation of the Country Party,..

Dealings of that Party with the French Embassy,

Peace of Nimeguen; violent Discontents in England,

Fall of Danby; the Popish Plot,..

First General Election of 1679,

Violence of the new House of Commons,.

Temple's Plan of Government,

...

Character of Halifax,..

189

Second General Election of 1679; Popularity of Monmouth,

Lawrence Hyde,.

194

197

Sidney Godolphin,

. 198

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Violence of Factions on the Subject of the Exclusion Bill,.

Names of Whig and Tory,

199

200

Meeting of Parliament; the Exclusion Bill passes the Commons,. 201

Exclusion Bill rejected by the Lords; Execution of Stafford,. 202

General Election of 1681,

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Parliament held at Oxford and dissolved; Tory Reaction,.

Persecution of the Whigs,..

The Charter of the City confiscated; Whig Conspiracies,

Detection of the Whig Conspiracies; Severity of the Govern-

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202

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203

206

State of Factions in the Court of Charles at the Time of his

Death,..

216

CHAPTER III.

Great Change in the State of England since 1685,

Population of England in 1685,.

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The Increase of Population greater in the North than in the South 221

Benefits derived by the Common People from the Progress of

Civilization,

332

Delusion which leads Men to overrate the Happiness of preced-

ing Generations,....

334

CHAPTER IV.

Death of Charles the Second,.

336

Suspicions of Poison,.

345

Speech of James the Second to the Privy Council,.

348

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The Revenue collected without an Act of Parliament,.
A Parliament called, ...

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Transactions between James and the French King,
Churchill sent Ambassador to France; his History,...
Feelings of the Continental Governments towards England,..
Policy of the Court of Rome,...

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Struggle in the Mind of James; Fluctuations of his Policy,..... 368

Public Celebration of the Roman Catholic Rites in his Palace,.. 370

357

357

358

365

Peculiar Favor shown to Roman Catholics and Quakers,.

Meeting of the English Parliament,

399

401