1659 Rising in Cheshire for Charles.
CHARLES II. (1660-85)
1672 The stop of the Exchequer. Charles refuses to repay the principal of the sums he had borrowed and reduces interest from 12 per cent. to 6 per cent. This resulted in great distress, felt in various parts of the country.
JAMES II. (1685-88)
1685 Insurrection of Argyll in Scotland.
Monmouth rising in West of England.
Revocation of Edict of Nantes. The expulsion of a large
number of French Protestant artisans. Settlement of skilled silk-weavers and others in England.
WILLIAM III. AND MARY (1689-94)
WILLIAM III. (1689-1702)
1689 Siege of Londonderry.