Why was james the second of england very unpoular?

Question

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Answer 1

He didn't like women.

Answer 2

"Many of his subjects distrusted his religious policies and autocratic tendencies...James is best known for his belief in absolute monarchy and his attempts to create religious liberty for his subjects. Both of these went against the wishes of the English Parliament and of most of his subjects".

"Parliament, opposed to the growth of absolutism that was occurring in other European countries, as well as to the loss of legal supremacy for the Church of England, saw their opposition as a way to preserve traditional English liberties. This tension made James's three-year reign a struggle for supremacy between the Parliament and the crown, resulting in his ouster, the passage of the English Bill of Rights, and the Hanoverian succession".

Answer 3

He was a CATHOLIC.