second 1695 - 1698

• who continued to dominate and why did William prefer them

  • whig junto
  • were willing to fund his war rather than push for sea war
• what was revealed

  • plot to assassinate king feb 1696
• what did assassination plot lead to

  all office holders forced to swear an oath to rightful king (William)

  tory MPs who refused replaced by whigs
• what ended the European war

  treaty of ryswick 1697
• what else did ending the war lead to

  • undermining whigs as removed their hold over William due to financing the war