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4. Why did James II leave England without a fight even though he was the King? I

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Explanation: King James II issued a Declaration of Indulgence, which suspended penal laws against Catholics and granted acceptance of some Protestant dissenters. Later that year, the king formally dissolved his Parliament and attempted to create a new Parliament that would support him unconditionally. when the English and Scottish Parliaments refused to pass his plan , James attempted to impose them by order them but did work out very well it was a political reason, that led to his removal. Rather than a religious one. There another reason James attempted to promote the Roman Catholic cause by dismissing judges and Lord Lieutenants who refused to support the withdrawal of laws penalising religious dissidents, appointing Catholics to important academic posts, and to senior military and political positions. Within three years, the majority of James's subjects had been alienated. The Army and the Navy disaffected despite James's investment in them deserted to William, and James fled to France. James's attempt to regain the throne by taking a French army to Ireland failed - he was defeated at the Battle of the Boyne in 1690. James spent the rest of his life in exile in France, dying there in 1701.