... Protestants, like the great poet John Milton and the reformer John Lilburne, made futile pleas for religious toleration, freedom of the press, legal reform, and a more democratic government. In 1687, James II issued a Declaration of Liberty of Conscience, granting religious freedom to all Christian denominations in England and Scotland, and ordered all Anglican clergymen to read it to their congregations (Leyh ... Publishing, 2002). On taking the throne in 1689, William and Mary agreed to a Declaration of Rights reconfirming the rights that the Stuarts had denied. Englishmen could not b...

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