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	History of the Monarchy > The Stuarts > Mary II and William III
		The Act of Settlement of 1701 was designed to secure the Protestant succession to the throne, and to strengthen the guarantees for ensuring parliamentary system of government.
		Under the Act, parliamentary consent had to be given for the Sovereign to engage in war or leave the country, and judges were to hold office on good conduct and not at royal pleasure - thus establishing judicial independence.
		The Act of Settlement reinforced the Bill of Rights, in that it strengthened the principle that government was undertaken by the Sovereign and his or her constitutional advisers (i.e.
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	Act of Settlement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Act of Settlement 1662 (Dublin) An act for the better execution of his majesty's gracious declaration for the Settlement of his Kingdom of Ireland, and the satisfaction of the several interests of adventurers, soldiers, and other his subjects there.
		Act of Settlement 1690 (Edinburgh) to declare the (Presbyterian) Church of Scotland to be the Established Church.
		Act of Settlement 1701 (London) (12 and 13 Wm 3 c.2) governs the succession to the Crown of England (and, by extension, of the United Kingdom).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Act_of_Settlement (434 words)

	Act of Settlement 1701 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Act of Settlement (12 and 13 Wm 3 c.2) is a piece of English legislation governing the succession to the English Crown.
		The Parliament of Scotland was not happy with the Act of Settlement and, in response, passed the Act of Security in 1704, which gave them the right to choose their own successor to Queen Anne.
		As a result of the Act of Settlement, several members of the British Royal Family who have converted to Roman Catholicism or married Roman Catholics have been barred from succeeding to the Crown, though since George I no individual has actually been excluded from the throne on the grounds of religion.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Act_of_Settlement_1701 (623 words)

	Settlement, Act of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		1701, passed by the English Parliament, to provide that if William III and Princess Anne (later Queen Anne) should die without heirs, the succession to the throne should pass to Sophia, electress of Hanover, granddaughter of James I, and to her heirs, if they were Protestants.
		Among additional provisions, similar to those in the Bill of Rights, were requirements that the king must join in communion with the Church of England, that he might not leave England without parliamentary consent, and that English armies might not be used in defense of foreign territory without parliamentary consent.
		The unpopularity of William’s pro-Dutch policy, the lack of an heir to William or Anne, and fear of the Jacobites prompted the act.
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	MSN Encarta - Union, Act of
		The Act of Union passed in 1536, during the reign of King Henry VIII, the second English monarch descended from the Welsh House of Tudor.
		These included Scotland's refusal to approve the Act of Settlement (1701) passing the royal succession on to the German house of Hannover after the death of Queen Anne (the last Stuart sovereign), and from England's fear that Scotland might seek to restore an exiled Catholic Stuart to the throne.
		The Act of Union, which was passed in 1800 and went into effect on January 1, 1801, joined the Kingdom of Great Britain and all of Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
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	Act of Settlement 1701 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Parliament of Scotland was not with the Act of Settlement and in passed the Act of Security in 1704 which gave them the right to their own Protestant successor to Queen Anne.
		As a result of the Act of several members of the British Royal Family who have converted to Roman Catholicism or married Catholics have been barred their place in the line of succession since George I no individual has in been excluded on the grounds of religion the throne.
		However the court ruled that the of Settlement was part of Canada's written constitution and dismissed the case as one of the constitution cannot be used to another part.
	www.freeglossary.com /Act_of_Settlement (786 words)

	The Act of Settlement, 1701
		It has been announced that some members of the Scottish parliament may seek to have sections removed from the Act of Settlement barring Roman Catholics or those married to Roman Catholics from the throne.
		The Act of Settlement is viewed by some as the nearest thing Britain has to a written constitution and has been invoked twice in recent to remove members of the royal family from the line of accession to the throne.
		When the Act was first introduced in 1701, it provoked outrage in the house and barely passed the vote in the Lords, scraping through by a single vote 302 - 301.
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		Act of Settlement (1701) (June 12, 1701), act of Parliament that, since 1701, has regulated the succession to the throne of Great Britain.
		The Act of Settlement is a piece of English legislation governing...
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	ACT OF SETTLEMENT - Online Information article about ACT OF SETTLEMENT
		In addition to settling the crown the act contained some important constitutional provisions, of which the following are still in force.
		Naturalization Act of 1870 this clause is virtually repealed with regard to all persons who obtain a certificate of naturalization.
		The importance of the Act of Settlement appears from the fact that, in all the regency acts, it is mentioned as one of the The See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /SCY_SHA/SETTLEMENT_ACT_OF.html (966 words)

	Comment: The legality of 1701 Act of Settlement \| UK news \| The Guardian
		The challenge to the Act of Settlement coincides with an editorial in the paper which argues for a referendum on the future of the monarchy.
		The act remains the crucial cornerstone of the British constitution, exercising an extraordinary hold over the monarchy and imposing limitations designed to tackle the imperatives of a political crisis at the dawn of the 18th century.
		Mr Robertson considers it may be "possible" for the courts to read the Act of Settlement's language in a way which avoids discrimination against women and some religious faiths but the "express virulence" of the act's anti-Catholic language could only be removed by legislation.
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	Encyclopedia: Act of Settlement 1701 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Bill of Rights 1689 is an English Act of Parliament with the long title An Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown and known colloquially in the UK as the Bill of Rights.
		The Acts of Union were twin Acts of Parliament passed in 1707 (taking effect on 26 March) by the Parliament of England and the Parliament of Scotland.
		The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, and acts as the mother and senior branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion, as well as a founding member of the Porvoo Communion.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Act-of-Settlement-1701 (2012 words)

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		As a result of the Act of Settlement, several members of the British Royal Family who have converted to Roman Catholicism or married Catholics have been barred from their place in the line of succession, though since George I no individual has in practice been excluded on the grounds of religion from the throne.
		As the Act of Settlement impacts on the crown in the Commonwealth realms the act's anti-Catholic provisions have also been a subject of debate outside of Britain.
		However, the court ruled that the Act of Settlement was part of Canada's written constitution and dismissed the case as one part of the constitution cannot be used to invalidate another part.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/a/ac/act_of_settlement_1701.html (744 words)

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		Acts relating to the Commonwealth of Australia ‘assented to’ in the name of Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom or the "Queen of Australia" are invalid in both British domestic and international law.
		Finally, in 1701 the Act of Settlement was passed by the British Parliament granting the status of a British citizen to the Protestant heirs of Mary II and her husband, William III of the House of Orange.
		This Act is current legislation of the Parliament of the United Kingdom therefore usage of this Act in the Commonwealth of Australia has the Parliament of the United Kingdom legislating within the sovereign territory of a member nation of the British Commonwealth of Nations.
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	GO BRITANNIA! Scotland: A Brief History - The Union of 1707
		Parliament had passed the Act of Settlement in 1701 to ensure that Anne's heir was to be the Electress Sophia of Hanover, granddaughter of James I. Thus, when William died in 1702, Queen Anne succeeded him; on his deathbed, he recommended a union with Scotland.
		In 1703, the Scottish Parliament passed an Act of Security that provided for a Protestant Stuart succession upon Anne's death, unless the Scottish government was freed from "English or any foreign influence." The English Parliament responded with an Alien's Act that prohibited all Scottish imports to England unless the Scots accepted the Hanoverian succession.
		The Act of Union had settled the boundaries of a state known as Great Britain whose people, despite their differences in traditions, cultures and languages, were held together simply because they felt different from people in other countries.
	www.britannia.com /celtic/scotland/scot8.html (799 words)

	Press Release (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In his contribution, the Cardinal highlighted two themes; the Act of Settlement as a hindrance to religious tolerance and the benefits of a Charter of Religious Freedom.
		Firstly, that the Act of Settlement 1701 be the focus of investigation with a view as to how the offensive elements of it can be repealed.
		Individuals should not be forced to act in a manner contrary to their religious beliefs, nor should they be restrained from acting in accordance with their religious beliefs.
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	Tony O'Donohue / Chronology (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The first Act of Settlement was passed in 1652 to legalize the granting of lands to those who supported Cromwell, his backers and the men of his invading army.
		After the departure of Cromwell and the restoration of the monarchy in 1660, the severity of the Act was somewhat lessened in 1662 when a 'poor law' was introduced to control the vagrancy of the dispossessed.
		In a letter dated February 18, 1988, her office advised me that the Act of Settlement 1701 was under the jurisdiction of the Federal Government and referred my letter to the Prime Minister's office.
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		Acts such as the Triennial Act (1694), the BOR (1689) and the Settlement Act (1701), coupled with financial expansion allowed the English Parliament to exceed its role in the early sixteenth century allowing it to emerge as a strengthened entity based upon a system of consent.
		The Septennial Act was a further constitutional change to the machinery of government which provided parliament with a sense of permanence in that it repealed the Triennial Act by allowing a seven-year term for each parliament as opposed to three.
		The Settlement Act also overrode royal prerogatives by requiring judges and ministers be appointed on ability rather royal favour.
	www.cosc.canterbury.ac.nz /yalini.sundralingam/110files/wp2/ParliamentEssay.doc (2038 words)

	Politics \| Move to repeal Act of Settlement wins support of bishops and MPs
		The Act of Settlement 1701 is part of the legislation that shapes today's monarchy, and binds church and state.
		The Act of Settlement, passed following the revolution of 1688 which unseated Britain's last Roman Catholic monarch, James II, lays down that only Protestant heirs of the German Princess Sophia, granddaughter of James I, may succeed to the throne.
		The Act of Settlement also reaffirms the common law principle of inheritance through the male line.
	politics.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,4425026-107973,00.html (786 words)

	Blair defies Catholic monarch plea
		The 1701 Act excludes anyone who is, or who marries, a Roman Catholic, from becoming a monarch.
		The Act of Settlement and the inclusion of its offensive anti-Catholic prohibitions was a product of its time.
		Mr Blair is known to support a change in the Act but recently kicked the issue into the long grass and shows little chance of changing his mind at this stage.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1999/12/17/nsett17.html (649 words)

	BBC News \| UK \| The Catholic hopes for end to 'grubby secret'
		The law in question is the Act of Settlement 1701 and the offending clauses prevent the monarch marrying a Roman Catholic.
		The Act of Settlement was drawn in the time of William III, when religious intolerance was a clarion call to the common man.
		The point is that although Britain may alter its Act of Settlement, Australia, which adopted it, may not adopt the change.
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	Free Presbyterian Church Of Scotland (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Act of Settlement was enacted in 1701.
		Therefore the Act of Settlement was passed to ensure that the Throne went to the Brunswicks who were Protestant and had claim to the Throne through Sophia, the Electress of Hanover.
		The Act of Settlement and other statutes ensuring a Protestant Constitution are not the result of blind bigotry but the effort of people who had felt Rome’s persecutions to preserve their successors from Roman dominance and cruelty.
	www.fpchurch.org.uk /EbBI/fpm/2000/April/article6.htm (1131 words)

	Can Prince William marry a Catholic?
		The relevant law in this context is the Act of Settlement of 1701.
		The Act of Settlement means that if William marries a Catholic - see paragraphs 1 and 3 where Catholics are referred to as papists - he could not then succeed to the British throne to become king.
		The series of Protestant and Catholic monarchs and their persecutions of Christians belonging to the alternative church eventually led to the supremacy of one of the divisions in Britain - the Protestant Church - and the anti-Catholic legislation of which the Act of Settlement was a part.
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	Act of Settlement (1701) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Toward the end of 1700 William III was ill and childless; his sister-in-law, the prospective queen, Anne, had just lost her only surviving child; and abroad the supporters of the exiled king, James II, were numerous and active.
		It decreed that, in default of issue to either William or Anne, the crown was to pass to Sophia, electress of Hanover and granddaughter of James I, and to "the heirs of her body being Protestants." The act was thus responsible for the accession of the House of Hanover in 1714.
		Another clause, repealed in the reign of George I, forbade the sovereign to leave England, Scotland, or Ireland without the consent of Parliament.
	www.hfac.uh.edu /gbrown/philosophers/leibniz/BritannicaPages/SettlementAct/SettlementAct.html (225 words)

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