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The Sanquhar Declaration was a speech read by Michael Cameron in the presence of his brother, the
Sanquhar Declaration
1680 works Covenanters Political history of Scotland 1680 in Scotland Religion and politics Presbyterianism in Scotland 1680 in Christianity 1680 in politics 17th-century speeches Sanquhar {{Scotland-reli-stub
The Sanquhar Declaration was a speech read by Michael Cameron in the presence of his brother, the Covenanter
Covenanters ( gd, Cùmhnantaich) were members of a 17th-century Scottish religious and political movement, who supported a Presbyterian Church of Scotland, and the primacy of its leaders in religious affairs. The name is derived from ''Covenan ...
leader Richard Cameron, accompanied by twenty armed men in the public square of Sanquhar, Scotland, in 1680, disavowing allegiance to Charles II and the government of Scotland, in the name of "true Protestant and Presbyterian interest", opposition to government interference in religious affairs.
This symbolic demonstration, essentially a declaration of war, was among the first of a series of events that led to the Glorious Revolution
The Glorious Revolution; gd, Rèabhlaid Ghlòrmhor; cy, Chwyldro Gogoneddus , also known as the ''Glorieuze Overtocht'' or ''Glorious Crossing'' in the Netherlands, is the sequence of events leading to the deposition of King James II and ...
and the end of the reign of the House of Stuart.
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