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The 28 pages that link to James II of England, each with the reason it gives.

• Glorious RevolutionRelated: His religious policies and use of royal power alienated leading political and religious groups.

• Charles II of EnglandRelated: His Catholicism drove the Exclusion Crisis and defined the succession Charles defended.

• JacobitismRelated: Jacobites regarded the deposed king as the rightful monarch.

• Act of Settlement 1701Related: His descendants’ Catholic faith prompted Parliament to bar them from the Crown.

• Bill of Rights 1689Related: The statute enumerated abuses associated with his rule to justify restrictions on the Crown.

• Whig PartyRelated: Opposition to his succession and Catholicism helped unite early Whigs.

• William PennRelated: As Duke of York, he granted Penn the land that became Pennsylvania.

• Daniel DefoeRelated: Defoe opposed James II’s restoration, a concern that informed his political writing.

• Dominion of New EnglandRelated: He established the Dominion as part of his effort to strengthen royal control over the colonies.

• Exclusion CrisisRelated: As Duke of York and a Catholic, he was the succession’s disputed heir.

• James Francis Edward StuartRelated: His flight and deposition left his infant son as the Stuart heir.

• Royal African CompanyRelated: As Duke of York, he led the company before becoming king.

• Convention ParliamentRelated: His flight and disputed departure from government became the Convention's central constitutional question.

• Williamite War in IrelandRelated: His landing in Ireland made the island the main theater of his restoration campaign.

• Popish PlotRelated: Fear that James would inherit the throne made accusations of Catholic influence especially potent.

• Proprietary colonyRelated: His efforts to consolidate several colonies under royal control challenged existing proprietary privileges.

• Samuel PepysRelated: Pepys worked closely with James in naval administration before James became king.

• Test ActRelated: His accession revealed the limits of religious tests that restricted officeholders but not the monarch.

• Royal touchRelated: His royal healing ceremonies continued the practice amid political and religious conflict.

• Battle of the BoyneRelated: His claim to the throne made the battle a contest over the monarchy as well as Ireland.

• RoyalismRelated: His displacement generated lasting efforts to restore the Stuart succession.

• Titus OatesRelated: Oates accused the king’s brother, then Duke of York, of involvement in Catholic designs.

• Stuart RestorationRelated: His later reign tested the dynastic settlement created by Charles II’s return.

• John ChurchillRelated: Churchill served James before defecting to William of Orange during the Glorious Revolution.

• Mary IIRelated: Mary's father lost his throne after political and religious opposition turned toward his Protestant daughter and William.