 Opposition was boosted by measures imposed by the new Parliament, including the 1708 Treason Act, the 1711 ruling that barred Scots peers from the House of Lords, and taxes.Despite their own preferences, the Stuarts tried to appeal to this group; in 1745, Charles issued declarations dissolving the "pretended Union", disregarding concerns this would alienate his English supporters.However, opposition to post-Union legislation was not wholly restricted to Jacobites; Presbyterians strongly opposed the establishment of the Episcopal Church in 1712 and other measures of indulgence, while the worst tax riots took place in Glasgow, a town noted for its antipathy to the Stuarts.