...came to its great vote, "That King James II, having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of this kingdom, by breaking the original contract between...fundamental laws, and having withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, has abdicated the Government, and that the throne is thereby vacant". They also resolved...

...ed. Worden, introduction. 69 Trevelyan, The English Revolution, p. 146: 'That King James the Second, having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of...Kingdom, by breaking the original contract between the King and people [a Whig remark], and by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons having violated...

...cited the resolution itself: "That King James II, having endeavor'd to subvert the Constitution of this Kingdom, by breaking the Original Contract between...and having withdrawn himself out of this kingdom, hath abdicated the government, and that the Throne is thereby vacant" (III: 714). The author of A Memorial...

...in its first wording, had raised the specter of "Jesuits and other wicked persons" advising James II "to subvert the constitution of the kingdom by breaking the original contract between king and people."36 It was on the basis of such calumnies, admittedly moderated somewhat in the final form of...

...their resolution: That King James the Second, having endeavoured to subvert the Constitution of this Kingdom, by breaking the Original Contract between...fundamental Laws; and having withdrawn himself out of the Kingdom; has abdicated the Government; and that the Throne is thereby vacant. 1 2 9 The following...

...to this refolution ; " that king James the fecond, " having endeavoured to fubvert the conftitution of the kingdom, •' by breaking the original contract...between king and people ; " and, by the advice of jefuits and other wicked perfons, having " violated the fundamental laws ; and having withdrawn himfelf...

...majority of the commons, and sent up to the peers for their concurrence. It was contained in these words: "That king James II. having endeavoured to subvert...the original contract between king and people; and having, by the advice of Jesuits and other wicked persons, violated the fundamental laws, and withdrawn...

...Nemesis upon the last of the Stuart kings, when the Convention Parliament of 1688 declared that James had "endeavoured to subvert the constitution of the kingdom...breaking the original contract between king and people." III. Locke published his Treatise of Civil Government in defence of the principles of the revolution...

...James II., having endeavoured to subvert the constitution by breaking the original contract between the King and people, and by the advice of Jesuits and...wicked persons having violated the fundamental laws and withdrawn himself out of the kingdom, has abdicated the government and that the throne is thereby vacant."...

...the despotic activities of the king. A resolution of the Convention of 1 689 asserted that James 1 1 "having endeavoured to subvert the constitution of...the original contract between king and people.... has abdicated the government and the throne is thereby vacant". (4) This ideology of John Locke influenced...