HISTORY
ABSOLUTISM AND REVOLUTION
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Question
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William and Mary were ____ which the parliament liked
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Catholic
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Protestant
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -William of Orange (1650–1702) and his wife Mary II (1662–1694), daughter of James II, became king and queen of England in 1689. They were both Protestants.
Detailed explanation-2: -English factions invited Mary and William to seize the throne because the couple was Protestant and Mary was the daughter of James II.
Detailed explanation-3: -Parliament offered the Crown not to James’s son, who would have been the heir apparent under normal circumstances, but to William and Mary as joint sovereigns.
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