After Charles II returned from his exile in France, a lot has changed in England. He was no longer considered a king, and the Parliament, which he wanted to abolish for so long, no longer wanted a Catholic king to succeed him. They went so far as to skip his successor as king, as well to place one of his Protestant children on the throne. Also, as a result of his bad rule, two political parties - Whigs and Tories - were created.