▁responsible ▁positions ▁in ▁national ▁and ▁local ▁government , ▁business , ▁prof essions ▁and ▁a cade me . ▁In ▁practice , ▁the ▁doctrine ▁of ▁the ▁divine ▁right ▁of ▁k ings ▁pers isted ▁Old ▁anim os ities ▁had ▁dimin ished , ▁and ▁a ▁new ▁spirit ▁of ▁toler ation ▁was ▁abroad . ▁Rest rict ions ▁on ▁Non con form ists ▁were ▁mostly ▁either ▁ignored ▁or ▁slowly ▁lifted . ▁The ▁Protest ants , ▁including ▁the ▁Qu akers , ▁who ▁worked ▁to ▁over throw ▁King ▁James ▁II ▁were ▁reward ed . ▁ ▁The ▁Tol er ation ▁Act ▁of ▁ 1 6 8 9 ▁allowed ▁non con form ists ▁who ▁have ▁their ▁own ▁chap els , ▁teachers , ▁and ▁pre ach ers , ▁c ensor ship ▁was ▁relax ed . ▁ ▁Anti - C atholic ism ▁ ▁Har sh ▁pen alt ies ▁on ▁Catholic ism ▁remained ▁until ▁the ▁threat ▁of ▁a ▁French ▁rest oration ▁of ▁the ▁Catholic ▁Stuart ▁k ings ▁ended , ▁but ▁they ▁were ▁s eld om ▁enfor ced , ▁and ▁afterwards ▁were ▁slowly ▁slowly ▁lifted ▁until ▁Catholic ▁em an cip ation ▁was ▁achieved ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 9 . ▁The ▁failure ▁of ▁the ▁pro - C atholic ▁Jacob ite ▁re bell ions ▁and ▁pap al ▁recognition ▁of ▁George   III ▁after ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁J . F . E . ▁Stuart ▁in ▁ 1 7 6 6 ▁permitted ▁the ▁grad ual ▁removal ▁of ▁anti - C atholic ▁laws , ▁a ▁process ▁known ▁as ▁the ▁Catholic ▁E man cip ation , ▁which ▁included ▁the ▁Rest oration ▁of