Again the examiner might suppose that all students of English history had some knowledge of the Jacobite movements of 1715 and 1745; but the following would open his eyes:
(1) Jacobites were originally followers of Jacob who went about in various parts of the country for preaching purposes.
(2) Jacobite was the name given to the followers of Jackade. Jackade was a person who pretended to be Duke of York. he marched through London at the head of 6000 men: he went to Ireland and tried to deceive them his followers were called Jacobites and Jacobin was the name given to his government.
(The two next may need a note: they refer to the Rebecca Riots in Wales, blended with Jacob, son of Rebekah. I think Rebekah had no daughter.)
(3) They called themselves Jacobites from a passage in Scripture about Jacob which passage they considered applicable to their own case. Their object was to do away with the tolls at turn-pike gates and they went to the root of the matter and destroyed the gates themselves.
(4) The Jacobites from the word Jacabus means James. The people of this rebellion dressed themselves in a very odd fashion their dress being like Rebeckah’s daughter of old. They were however subdued.
A friend brilliantly suggests that Jonadab, the son of Rechab, and the Rechabites have been blended with Jacob, the Jacobites, Rebekah, and Rebecca. I gratefully agree.
There were some candidates to whom the politics of George III.’s reign were by no means clear:
Q. What effect had the French Revolution on Pitt, Fox, and Burke?
A. (1) The French Revolution led to such an extraordinary amount of work on Pitt, who was then Prime Minister that he was overtaxed, and could not contend against it therefore he resigned and led a life of seclusion. Burke who was a great writer overtaxed his mind with writing about the Revolution that he became partially insane. Fox was noted for writing his celebrated Book of Martyrs about this time, he also was forced to lead a life of seclusion on account of worry, and anxiety of the revolution.