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1. Test Acts

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   The Test Acts remained on the statute books for over 150 years, causing recurring political tension. During the late 18th and early 19th centuries, growing calls for religious equality, particularly from Protestant Dissenters and Scottish Presbyterians, pushed for their removal.
   The effective erosion of the Acts began with the Clergy Qualification and Residence Act 1812, which provided some administrative relief, but the substantive end came with the **[Repeal of the Test and Corporation Acts 1828](/entries/repeal-of-the-test-and-c…