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Thread #3407   Message #17025
Posted By: Jerry Friedman
02-Dec-97 - 11:12 PM
Thread Name: Stuart/Hanover capsule history
Subject: RE: Stuart/Hanover capsule history
Thanks for the correction, Murray! Here are some others. (This will prevent Jon from developing the unfortunate habit of assuming my postings accurately reflect history.)

When the Glorious Revolution happened, James II fled from England to France. In 1690 (after the Bill of Rights and stuff) he returned to lead a rebellion in Ireland. William's campaign against him included a victory at the Boyne and forced James back to France, but did not go all William's way.

The selection of George I did not take place after Anne's death. Instead, it was after her last surviving child died in 1700 (during William's reign--Mary had died, so it was clear Anne would be the heir). In 1701, Parliament settled the inheritance on the Electors of Hanover.

I left out that in 1707 Parliament passed the Act of Union, making England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland a single country. The following year, James the Young Pretender landed in Scotland, apparently hoping to start a rebellion. As he left four days later, I guess it didn’t work out.

Prince Charles’s 1745 rebellion, "the Forty-Five", was more of a threat to the "wee wee German lairdie" than I made it sound. He won a couple of battles (and lost a couple) before his decisive defeat at Culloden. If you want to find Jacobite and Scots Nationalist sympathies on the Web, or just want more information, "Culloden" seems like a useful place to start. (James’s serious rebellion of 1715 is called "the Fifteen", by the way.)