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Harsh Penal laws from 1695, stripped all Catholics of their rights to— | Harsh Penal laws from 1695, stripped all Catholics of their rights to— | ||
*vote | |||
*practice law | |||
*enter a profession | |||
*hold public office | |||
*receive an education | |||
*practice their own religion outside of the Protestant faith | *practice their own religion outside of the Protestant faith | ||
*serve as officers in British armed forces | *serve as officers in British armed forces | ||
*teach in, or enroll in colleges | *teach in, or enroll in colleges | ||
*defend themselves with weapons | *defend themselves with weapons | ||
*be employed or an employer in a trade or in commerce | *be employed or an employer in a trade or in commerce | ||
*build a church or live within 5 miles of the civil parish church | *build a church or live within 5 miles of the civil parish church | ||
*own a horse of greater value than five pounds | *own a horse of greater value than five pounds | ||
*purchase nor lease land | *purchase nor lease land | ||
*hold a life annuity | *hold a life annuity | ||
*buy or receive a gift of land from a Protestant | *buy or receive a gift of land from a Protestant | ||
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*be a guardian to a child | *be a guardian to a child | ||
*leave infant children under Catholic guardianship | *leave infant children under Catholic guardianship | ||
*accept a mortgage on land in security for a loan | |||
*attend Catholic worship | *attend Catholic worship | ||
*choose between attendance in a Catholic, or a Protestant place of worship | *choose between attendance in a Catholic, or a Protestant place of worship | ||