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- 1672 — Declaration of Indulgence (withdrawn 1673)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)
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 10 exam-style questions and 15 flashcards. This topic appears less often, but it can still be a useful differentiator on mixed-topic papers. 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.
Practice questions for Catholics and Dissenters
Approximately how many Quakers were imprisoned during the reign of Charles II?
How many Nonconformist ministers were ejected from their parishes following the Act of Uniformity in 1662?