This memory aid covers Memory Aid within Catholics and Dissenters for GCSE History. Revise Catholics and Dissenters in Restoration England 1660-1685 for GCSE History with 8 exam-style questions and 4 flashcards. This is a high-frequency topic, so it is worth revising until the explanation feels precise and repeatable. It is section 12 of 14 in this topic. Use it for quick recall, then test yourself straight afterwards so the memory aid becomes usable in an answer.
Topic position
Section 12 of 14
Practice
8 questions
Recall
4 flashcards
🧠 Memory Aid
The five groups and their treatment: "QPBCA — Quakers Punished Badly, Catholics Avoided"
- Quakers — most Persecuted (15,000 imprisoned)
- Presbyterians — ejected 1662, fines paid by wealthy
- Baptists — persecuted, Bunyan the famous example
- Catholics — usually tolerated, excluded by Test Acts
- Anglicans — dominant, the Establishment
Key dates to remember: "62-64-70-72-73"
- 1662 — Act of Uniformity (Great Ejection of 2,000 ministers)
- 1664 — First Conventicle Act
- 1670 — Second Conventicle Act (harsher)
- 1672 — Declaration of Indulgence (withdrawn 1673)
- 1673 — Test Act (James revealed as Catholic)