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Schism Act
Great Britain [1714]
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history of Congregationalism
- In Congregationalism: England
…Anglican parish church, and the Schism Act (1714) was directed against their schools. The death of Anne in 1714, before the Schism Act could be fully implemented, was considered providential by the Dissenters. They supported the new regime of George I (1714–27) and the Whig ascendancy, and for the next…
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role of Bolingbrooke
- In Henry Saint John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke: Early career.
…such partisan measures as the Schism Act (1714), which aimed at depriving the Dissenters of their schools, but he failed to persuade the majority to support his leadership and was unable to give the Tories a clear lead on the disputed succession to Queen Anne. Oxford was eventually dismissed on…
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