Who sent the Invitation to William?
Q: Who sent the Invitation to William?
A: The Invitation to William was sent by seven famous Englishmen, later known as the Immortal Seven.
Q: What did the letter ask of William?
A: The letter asked William to force his father-in-law, King James II of England, to make his Protestant wife Mary, James's oldest daughter, the heir. This could possibly be done by claiming that the newborn Prince of Wales was not really James' son.
Q: How was the invitation delivered to William?
A: The invitation was delivered to William in The Hague by Rear Admiral Arthur Herbert (the later Lord Torrington) disguised as a common sailor and read using a secret code.
Q: What made William decide to carry out his plans for landing with a large Dutch army?
A: The Invitation made William decide to carry out his existing plans for landing with a large Dutch army.
Q: What happened as a result of this decision?
A: As a result of this decision, it led to what is now known as the Glorious Revolution where King James II was allowed to escape and replaced by joint rulers -William and Mary.
Q: Why did people generally believe that King James' son was false?
A: People generally believed that King James' son was false because they had complaints against him which were mentioned in the Invitation - namely that he may not have been truly related to King James II.
