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Because James II was best friends with Oliver Cromwell's son.

Because James II was old and would die soon.

Because James II was seen as a Catholic tyrant.

Why was William of Orange invited to invade England in 1688?

Where did William III and James II fight a war from 1689-91?

38 unarmed members of the MacDonald clan.

Who was killed in the Glencoe Massacre in 1692?

Because they wish that Titus Oates had become king in 1688.

Because thousands of people died in Ireland and Scotland.

Because William III was lucky that a 'Protestant Wind' blew him to England.

Why have some historians questioned 'Glorious Revolution' as a label for the events of 1688-92?

Because many English Protestants hated James II (who was Catholic).

Why did some people in England call 1688-89 a 'Glorious Revolution'?

What started the Williamite-Jacobite Wars in Ireland.

That James II would be made king of Ireland.

That William III would convert to Catholicism.

What was promised to Irish Catholics who swore an Oath of Loyalty to William in the Treaty of Limerick (1691)?

Why have some historians argued that the word 'Glorious' is the wrong way to describe the events of 1688-92?