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1678 - 1681 |
Political crisis (later labeled by historians "the Exclusion Crisis") triggered by Popish Plot, involving attempt of elements of "Country" party, led by Shaftesbury, to
exclude the Catholic James, Duke of York, from succession in favour of Charles II's bastard son, James, Duke of Monmouth. |
*The Exclusion Crisis
*The Popish Plot |