Why was James II ousted? Was his son Catholic?
He was a bad monarch in general. Specifically, he was seriously thinking of reviving Catholicism in Britain, something the people did not want, and he also disregarded the role of Parliament in Britain’s government, ignoring many of the concessions the monarchy made at the Restoration. Yes, his son was a Catholic, which only reinforced the need to act quickly before Catholic monarchs became the norm again.
