King James I: The Monstrous Monarchs Of England

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Monstrous Monarchs of England

England has had it’s fair share of horrible rulers from Richard the third to William the conqueror. The country has had its rulers of murderers, brats, and playboys that have all ruined a piece of England's monarch. Maybe not as worse as the rest but certainly on many peoples list of worst rulers is James the second. He definitely contributed his fair share of mistakes to ruin England during his time of rule. First we’ll look at James family. His father, Charles the first, wasn't a great role model. All three of his kingdoms rebelled against him and killed him. The throne went to Charles the second, James’ older brother. According to John P.Kenyon in a article on Britanica during the English Civil Wars James …show more content…

When it was being read out in church, no shocker, Bishops started to speak out. On June 30th 1688, all seven Bishops were acquitted and boom the King was starting to crumple (“James II”).
On the same day that the seven Bishops were acquitted, William of Orange was invited into the picture. The most influential men in the kingdom were getting scared that another civil war would happen under the rule of a Catholic monarch. This is where James starts to lose control.
William the Orange made it clear that he was going to invade, and something magical happened. Suddenly James reversed many of the policies he had tried to enforce. But this didn't seem to put a damper on James. With William advancing on London James only advanced as far as Salisbury. He realized his support that was backing him had dwindled. James who was stuck in a hard place sent his wife and son to France, and like any good ruler he fled his country. William had caught him before he got too far and being the nice guy he is even let James get away with a second successful …show more content…

The attempt he made to reclaim his throne was pointless and he gave up after his defeat. It is clear that their could have been a better ruler than James, he wasn't as horrible as some but he was not made out to be a ruler which seemed to run in his family. With every problem that came about he handled it the wrong way. He was horrible at having a strategy and he only wanted Parliament out of power. He wanted his religion to take over the country and he used his power to put in place the people who would only benefit him.
He was more honest and sincere than Charles II, more genuinely patriotic in his foreign policy, and more consistent in his religious attitude (“King James II”). While Charles Ⅱleft James with a manageable throne to deal with James managed to follow in the footsteps of his father.

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