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The Glorious Bloodless Revolution.
The Hostility to Catholicism and to King James II results in a rebellion against his rule. The Parliament invited William of Orange, to rule. William was Mary II´s husband. She was the eldest daughter of King James II. -
The Bill of Rights.
The Parliament creates a Bill of Rights. This document acknowledged several constitutional principles, including the right for regular Parliaments, free elections, and freedom of speech. It also forbade the monarchy from being Catholic. -
William III and Mary II become the new monarchs.
William III and Mary II were declared King and Queen (joint monarchs) of England by the Parliament of England and by the Parliament of Scotland. -
The Bank of England.
It began as a private bank that would act as a banker to the Government. The Bank was given exclusive possession of the government's balances and was the only limited-liability corporation allowed to issue banknotes. The lenders would give the government cash and issue notes against the government bonds, which can be lent again.
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Queen Mary II dies.
Queen Mary II died at Kensington Palace shortly after midnight on the morning of 28 December, at the young age of 32. Mary died childless. -
The Act of Settlement.
The Act stated that Catholics or anyone married to a Catholic cannot succeed to the throne. The Act settled the succession to the English and Irish crowns on Protestants only. -
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War over the Spanish Succession.
It was a European conflict of the early 18th century, triggered by the death of the childless Charles II of Spain in November 1700.The British capture Gibraltar. -
William III dies.
King William III died of pneumonia, he was buried in Westminster Abbey alongside his wife Mary II. Mary II´s sister Anne became queen regnant of England, Scotland, and Ireland. -
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Anne, Queen of Great Britain.
Anne was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland between 8 March 1702 and 1 May 1707. On 1 May 1707, She continued to reign as Queen of Great Britain and Ireland until her death. Queen Anne was buried beside her husband and children in Westminster Abbey on 24 August. -
The Battle of Blenheim.
It was a major battle of the War over the Spanish Succession. The Duke of Marlborough defeats the French army.
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Acts of Union.
They were two Acts of Parliament. One was the Union with Scotland Act, passed by the Parliament of England. The other was the Union with England Act, passed by the Parliament of Scotland. By these two Acts, the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland were united into one kingdom by the name of Great Britain.
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The South Sea Company.
In Britain, the joint-stock South Sea Company is founded for the purpose of trading in the South Seas and parts of America. -
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King George I.
George ascended the British throne as Anne's closest living Protestant relative under the Act of Settlement 1701. The possible Catholic claimants, including Anne's half-brother, James Francis Edward Stuart, were ignored. -
The First Jacobite Rebellion.
James started a rebellion against George I. It was an attempt to regain the thrones of England, Ireland and Scotland. George I defeated the English and the Scotland Jacobites. He allowed the Wigs to form his government. -
The South Sea Bubble.
The company offered to pay off the government´s debt if they give them the monopoly rights to trading in the South sea. When the stocks in the South Sea Company suddenly fall in price many people lose huge sums of money.
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Robert Walpole, 1st Prime Minister.
Robert Walpole became the king's main minister. Due to his financial abilities, he was able to bring back public confidence after The South Sea Bubble. He firmly believed that the power of the KIng must be limited by the constitution. He became very unpopular by raising the government´s income. -
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King George II.
He was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire. The Act of Settlement 1701 and the Acts of Union 1707 positioned his grandmother, Sophia of Hanover, and her Protestant descendants to inherit the British throne. -
France and Spain alliance.
England had been trying unsuccessfully to develop trade with Spain. The government feared that this alliance would give France an advantage over Britain in South America and the Far West trade. -
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War with France
Britain was in war with France due to the control of the Austrian Empire. -
The Second Jacobite Revolt.
Bonny Prince Charlie, James II´s grandson, entered Edimbug and defeated an English army in a surprise attack. Panic spread through England. -
The End of the Rebellion.
Due to the unhappiness of Highlanders for being far from home, the revels moved back to Scotland and were defeated by the British army at Culloden. -
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The Seven Years War.
The war against France was a global war. The conflict between Great Britain and France broke out when the British attacked French positions in North America. The French navy was destroyed near Spain. Britain could control most of India by defeating France. Pace came in hands with the arrival of King George III to the throne.
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Win Win.
During The Seven Years' War, Britain took Canada, first Quebec and the following year Montreal. They managed to control fish, food and wood trade. -
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King George III.
George III was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland until his death. George's life and reign were marked by a series of military conflicts. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom) -
The Stamp Act.
There was a quarrel over taxation between the British government and its Colonies in America. Britain needed money to pay for its war debts. The King and Parliament believed they had the right to tax the colonies. -
The Townshend Acts.
The Parliament tried to impose its authority by passing legislation to tax goods that the Americans imported from Great Britain. The tax on tea (the national drink) was one of the clauses of the Townshend Acts.
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The Coercive Acts.
They were a series of punitive acts to be revoked only upon the compensation for goods that were allegedly irreparably damaged by American colonists. These series of laws closed Boston Harbor until a series of conditions were fulfilled.
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The Revolutionary War.
It started with the confrontations of the two sides at the Battles of Lexington and Concord. The war in America gave strength to the new ideas of Democracy and Independence. Many British politicians openly supported the colonist. The British government lost everything except for Canada. The American Patriots defeated the British with the assistance of France, winning independence from Great Britain and establishing the United States of America. -
Independence Day.
The 13 colonies in America claimed their independence from England, an event which eventually led to the formation of the United States.
