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By 1688, this alienation, combined with the James' determination to gain councils that would support his plan to restore Catholics to full citizenship, weakened the Scots' attachment to the king. In the face of William of Orange's invasion of England, James' earlier strength in Scotland was to prove meaningless.","Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T21:49:33Z (GMT). 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