The incident that prompted the nobles to depose James II was
A) his marriage to the Duchess of Orange.
B) the death of his first wife.
C) the birth of a Catholic son.
D) a religious alliance with France.
E) economic collapse caused by the bursting of the "South Sea Bubble".

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The incident that prompted the nobles to depose James II was the birth of a Catholic son. This was seen as a threat to the Protestant succession and led to the Glorious Revolution of 1688, in which James II was replaced by his daughter Mary and her husband William of Orange.

The Incident That Prompted the Nobles to Depose James II