Public school history of England and Canada, with introduction, hints to teachers, and brief examination questions . ohave no more Catholic kings to rule over them, and their leaders,driven to despair, resolved to ask William of Orange, who washead of the Dutch Republic, to come and help them. Prince Wil-liam, who was Jamess nephew, and had mamed his daughterMary, was deeply interested in English affairs; and as he wasthe great defender of Protestantism on the continent and an oppo-nent of the aggressive policy of the French king, the mass of theEnglish people naturally looked to him as their
Public school history of England and Canada, with introduction, hints to teachers, and brief examination questions . ohave no more Catholic kings to rule over them, and their leaders,driven to despair, resolved to ask William of Orange, who washead of the Dutch Republic, to come and help them. Prince Wil-liam, who was Jamess nephew, and had mamed his daughterMary, was deeply interested in English affairs; and as he wasthe great defender of Protestantism on the continent and an oppo-nent of the aggressive policy of the French king, the mass of theEnglish people naturally looked to him as their deliverer fromJamess tyranny. A formal invitation was sent to him by thegreat Whig leaders, in which all classes of the country, save theCatholics, joined. This invitation the Prince of Orange accepted ;and he presently set out for England with a large militar)^ he landed James recalled his Declaration of Indulgence,and sought to win back popular favour by returning to constitutionalgovernment. But the English people had no confidence in hisprotestations, and refused to accept this late 1688.] END OF THE NEW MONARCHY. 89 9. Landing of William of Orange.—William of Orange landedwith his army in England on the 5th of November, 1688. On hisappearing, a Declaration was pub-lished stating that he had come ashusband of Mary, the heir to theCrown, to protect the rights and liber-ties of the English people, to givethem a free Parliament, and to aidthem in settling the succession to thethrone. William was warmly wel-comed by both Whig and Toryleaders, by the masses of the people, and by a large portion of the kings William and Mary. army that had left James to join William. Thus deserted, Jamesfled to France, and though he hoped that Louis XIV. would aidhim to recover his throne, he never again set foot in now entered London, and assembled a ConventionParliament, which, after some discussion, declared the thronevacant, and settled the Cro
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