When James II became king, many people opposed him because he was a

A. Protestant

B. Puritan

C. Catholic

D. Non-believer

When James (II) become king, many people opposed him because he was a catholic (answer C). King James ii become a king in early 1685. In his short reign as king James sought to pass laws permitting religious tolerance. He hoped to attract the support of protestant dissenters as well as catholic, however Puritans were too rabidly anti - catholic to fall in such measures and preferred to support Anglicans.