ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The Act of Settlement was passed in 1701, reinforcing the Bill of Rights agreed by William and Mary in 1689. The main aim of this legislation was to ensure a Protestant succession to the English throne.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Act of Settlement of 1701 was designed to secure the Protestant succession to the throne, and to strengthen the guarantees for ensuring a parliamentary system of government. The Act also strengthened the Bill of Rights (1689), which had previously established the order of succession for Mary II’s heirs.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the Bill of Rights of 1689 Parliament declared that no future monarch could be a Catholic or be married to a Catholic. This provision was reaffirmed in the 1701 Act of Settlement and remains in force to this day.

Detailed explanation-4: -It confirmed the provision of the Bill of Rights that no Catholic or person with a Catholic spouse could sit on the throne. The Act also legislated that, to preserve the Protestant Succession in case neither Anne nor William had any more children, the Crown would pass at Anne’s death to a Protestant relation.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Declaratory Act, 1781 is known as the Act of Settlement. The purpose of the act was to remove ambiguity regarding the provisions of the Regulating Act. The Act of settlement was also implemented to ensure smooth collection of revenue in Bengal, Bihar and Orissa.