HIST 3400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Rein, Triennial Acts, Gilbert Burnet
7 Apr 2016
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William iii: while the parliament debated, william"s troops remained in control of the country and this clearly gave him an advantage. He could easily claim that he remained the only man capable of defending the country against a french invasion, as it was likely that james might now try to convince. Louis that he needed help to regain his lost throne. At the same ime, william"s army ofered the only means to ward of the possibility of another civil war. When he became king he went to work on seing up a government that included both whigs and tories. However, he was quick to make sure that only a few of the leading men who opposed james were selected to serve him. Calvinist but he was open to a broader church and he cared litle about the private religious beliefs of those who served him, as long as they were loyal.
