James would continue to clash with Parliament when he presented his speech, The Powers of the Monarch in England, to them (James I, 70). ... Charles, who succeeded James, sparked the Civil War when he dismissed Parliament (McK, 551). ... James" Catholicism concerned Parliament. When James had a legitimate Catholic son, Parliament concocted a plan to put Mary and William of Orange on the throne. ... In 1688, William landed in England with a Dutch army; James" army deserted him, so he fled the country (McK, 554). ...

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