Which of the following was a principal reason why Parliament turned against King James II and ousted him as the monarch of England in 1689?
A) James II granted religious freedoms for Catholics and appointed some Catholics to high office, arousing fears of Spanish and French domination by the Spanish and the French.
B) James II merged England's increasingly independent colonies under the Dominion of New England with a single royal governor, Sir Edmund Andros.
C) James II rejected the principle of the divine right of kings.
D) James II established the Catholic Church as the official state-sanctioned church in England.
Answer: A
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