History of the United States I / Unit 4 USH1 0461 short lesson, about 20 seconds
James II
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The idea
James the Second took the throne in sixteen eighty-five and modelled his rule on his cousin Louis the Fourteenth, giving the monarchy absolute power.
In practice
A Catholic king with a Catholic wife, whose Catholic son created acute anxiety about the succession.
Where people slip
He kept a standing army in peacetime, which alarmed the English, who believed such forces threatened their liberties.
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