 The 1679-1681 Exclusion Crisis broadly split the English political class into those who wanted to 'exclude' James from the throne, or Whigs, and their opponents, or Tories.Many Whigs feared the consequences of bypassing James, while Tory support was conditional on preserving the primacy of the Church of England.Both saw it as a short-term issue; his second marriage remained childless and the heirs were his Protestant daughters, Mary and Anne.