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James II & the "Glorious Revolution"
Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong
The King Put His Thumb on the Scales
It's unclear exactly what the king's actual goal was. to actually get Roman Catholics into the House of Commons but he did have the aim of stacking parliament with allies and supporters including sympathetic Protestant dissenters. He required that all candidates who stood for election to parliament had to be approved by their local lord lieutenant which was a a royally appointed office for the county or the province. As a condition to get this pre-approval from the lord lieutenant the candidate had to pledge support for repealing the test acts right so he's he's trying to sort of filter who can get into parliament and ensure that it's only those who support his ultimate legislative goals. Local governments the town councils and corporations not
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