Under what conspiracy was James deposed?
The Catholic conspiracy
The Puritan conspiracy
The military conspiracy
The Jacobite conspiracy
Answer
The dethronement of James II from the English throne in 1688 was triggered by the “Glorious Revolution,” a conspiracy hatched by a group of influential individuals, including nobles and politicians. This conspiracy aimed to replace the Catholic James with his Protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William of Orange. The underlying objective was to safeguard Protestant interests in England and to counter James' perceived authoritarian tendencies.
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