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Duke of York (James II)

Duke of York (James II). My Early Life. My Middle Life. My Middle Life (Cont.) . I was taken of my political positions from 1679 to 1681. This was because of the Test Act which removed C atholics from politics. I then went into exile again. In 1682 I returned to England. The Slave Trade.

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Duke of York (James II)

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  1. Duke of York (James II)

  2. My Early Life

  3. My Middle Life

  4. My Middle Life (Cont.) • I was taken of my political positions from 1679 to 1681. • This was because of the Test Act which removed Catholics from politics. • I then went into exile again. • In 1682 I returned to England.

  5. The Slave Trade

  6. What I Did for the Colony • I lead the capturing of New Amsterdam from the Dutch in 1644. • The colony was later on named New York after me.

  7. My Late Life • I withdrew from my position of Duke of York and Duke of Albany in 1685. • I was king of England, Scotland, and Ireland in 1685. • I was taken away from those positions in 1688 because of the Glorious Revolution. • I fled to France. • This is where I spent the rest of my life.

  8. My Death James II 1633-1701 Duke of York Duke of Albany

  9. Other Interesting Facts About Me • My body was not buried. • It was laid in a coffin in the Chapel of Saint Edmund. • Some of my body parts were extracted and sent throughout the world when I died. • Though all of this was desecrated in the French Revolutionby mobs. • Though part of my body was found in the parish church of Saint Germain-en-Laye in 1824. • It is still there today.

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