Reasons for the revolution were complicated and involved in both political and religious affairs. King James II became the king of England in 1685 when relationships within Catholics and Protestants were anxious. James, who was Catholic, supported devotion of Catholics and elected Catholic officers to the army. He had friendly ties with France, a connection that troubled several of the English people. With little carnage and struggle in England, the revolution directed to notable loss of life in Ireland and Scotland.
