Kammala wannan magana: Duk da rawar da mahaifinsa ya taka a gwamnatin Covenanter na 1638 zuwa 1651, Archibald Campbell, 9th Earl na Argyll ya zama babban jigo a gwamnatin Charles II na Scotland. Koyaya, a cikin 1670s an ga ikonsa a Yammacin Highlands a matsayin barazana ga ikon masarauta, da kuma kuɗin shiga na masarauta. A shekara ta 1679,
rashin nasarar tawaye ya haifar da faduwar abokinsa na siyasa John Maitland, 1st Duke na Lauderdale. Wannan ya bar shi mai rauni ga harin, wanda Lord Advocate Rosehaugh ya jagoranci, babban mai gabatar da kara na 'yan tawaye na 1679.