This event prompted the p
This event prompted the proposal of legislation that split legislators into factions known as the Abhorrers, or Court Party, and the Country Party. An Exclusion Act was floated on account of this event, which was aggravated when a man was discovered impaled on his own sword on Primrose Hill; that man was Edmund Godfrey. The instigator of this event was assisted by the preacher Israel Tonge. This event prompted the passage of the Disabling Act by the (*) Cavalier Parliament. People implicated during this event included Edward Tolman, secretary to Mary of Modena, and Catherine of Braganza, who was accused of planning a murder with poison. This event led to the passage of the Test Act, as well as the expulsion of the Jesuits and Franciscans from England. For 10 points, name this mass panic instigated by Titus Oates over a fictitious Catholic conspiracy.
This event prompted the proposal of legislation that split legislators into factions known as the Abhorrers, or Court Party, and the Country Party.
The Popish Plot