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[1689] The Declaration of Right,[806]
Character of the Revolution,[806]
Personal unpopularity of William,[807]
Discontent of the clergy and the army,[807]
The Convention turned into a Parliament,[808]
William's difficulties in forming a ministry,[808]
Settlement of the revenue,[810]
Settlement of the Church,[810]
Oaths of allegiance and supremacy,[811]
The European war breaks out,[811]
Devastation of the Palatinate,[812]
State of Ireland,[812]
Panic among the Englishry,[813]
Londonderry and Enniskillen garrisoned,[813]
Negotiations with Tyrconnel,[813]
James goes to Ireland,[814]
Character of the Irish Jacobites,[814]
Siege of Londonderry,[815]
Wild legislation of the Irish Parliament[815]
Its effect on the English Jacobites,[816]
Battle of Newton Butler,[816]
Character of the Revolution in Scotland,[817]
Contrast of the letters from James and William,[818]
Highland politics,[819]
Dundee in the Highlands,[820]
Battle of Killiecrankie,[820]
Mackay concludes the war,[821]
Factions of the English Parliament,[821]
William threatens to leave England,[824]
[1690] William dissolves Parliament, and undertakes the Irish war,[824]
Tory reaction in the new Parliament,[824]
Cause of the venality of Parliament,[824]
Settlement of the revenue,[825]
The Act of Grace,[825]
Discovery of a Jacobite plot,[825]
Battle of Beachy Head,[826]
Battle of the Boyne,[827]
James's flight from Ireland,[828]
Siege of Limerick,[828]
William returns to England,[828]
[1691] Siege of Athlone,[829]
Battle of Aghrim,[830]
Second siege of Limerick,[830]
End of the Irish war,[830]
The Revolution completed in Scotland,[830]
Jacobite plots in England,[831]
William's successful policy abroad,[831]
First crisis of the war over,[832]
James's hopes upheld by the treason of the ministry,[832]
[1692] Marlborough, suspected of treason, deprived of his offices,[833]
The Queen's quarrel with her sister,[834]
Massacre of Glencoe,[834]
Threatened invasion of England,[836]
Battle of La Hogue,[837]
Second crisis of the war over,[838]
Fall of Namur,[838]
Battle of Steinkirk,[838]
The discontent of Parliament,[839]
[1693] Montague's financial measures,[839]
Disastrous campaign,[840]
Battle of Landen,[841]
Loss of the Smyrna fleet,[841]
Factions in Parliament necessitate the gradual formation
of a united Whig ministry,		[842]
[1694] Establishment of the Bank of England,[843]
The Triennial Act passed,[844]
Death of Queen Mary,[844]
[1695] Expulsion of Trevor and Caermarthen for venality,[845]
[1694] Success abroad,[846]
Treachery of Marlborough at Brest,[846]
[1695] Campaign in Flanders,[847]
Surrender of Namur,[848]
William's triumphant return,[848]
New Whig Parliament,[848]
[1696] Re-establishment of the currency,[848]
William's want of money,[851]
Failure of the Land Bank scheme,[851]
The Bank of England supplies the money,[852]
The credit of England restored,[853]
The Assassination plot,[853]
Trial of Sir John Fenwick,[855]
[1697] Complete triumph of the Whigs,[856]
Treaty of Ryswick,[858]
The Parliament reduces the standing army,[859]
[1698] Coalition of the rival East India Companies,[861]
William's attention directed to the Spanish succession,[862]
First Partition Treaty,[863]
The Country Party in the new Parliament,[864]
[1699] William's grief at the dismissal of the Dutch guards,[864]
Rivalry between the two Houses,[865]
The Darien scheme,[865]
Question of Irish forfeitures,[868]
[1700] The Resumption Bill passed,[868]
Second Partition Treaty,[869]
Unpopularity of William and the ministry,[870]
New Tory ministry,[870]
[1701] New Parliament,[870]
The Succession Act,[871]
Impeachments against the Whigs,[871]
The Kentish Petition,[872]
The Legion Memorial,[872]
The Grand Alliance,[873]
Death of James II.,[873]
Louis rouses English patriotism by acknowledging the Pretender,[873]
[1702] New Parliament and changes in the ministry,[874]
Death of William,[874]

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Marlborough's power[875]
Work of the first Parliament,[876]
Tory ministry,[876]
Beginning of the war[877]
Marlborough's first campaign,[878]
Position of Holland,[878]
[1703] Savoy and Portugal join the coalition,[880]
[1704] Critical position of Austria,[882]
Battle of Blenheim,[885]
Progress of the war in Spain, the Cevennes, and Italy,[887]
[1705] Failure of Marlborough's plans,[888]
Peterborough's success in Spain,[889]
[1706] Battle of Ramillies,[892]
Results of the victory,[893]
French disasters make Louis desire peace,[894]
Marlborough rejects his terms,[894]
[1707] The tide of victory turns,[895]
[1708] Threatened invasion of Scotland,[896]
Battle of Oudenarde,[898]
Siege of Lille,[900]
Capture of Port Mahon,[901]
[1709] Louis offers to negotiate,[902]
He rejects the high demands of the allies,[903]
Battle of Malplaquet,[903]
[1702] Summary of political parties,[905]
Marlborough seeks the support of all parties for the war,[905]
Tory Parliament,[906]
[1703] Dismissal of Rochester,[906]
Occasional Conformity Bill rejected,[906]
The Methuen Treaty,[907]
[1704] Disputes on the Aylesbury election,[908]
Dismissal of Nottingham, Jersey, and Seymour,[908]
[1705] Gradual introduction of Whig ministers,[910]
[1707] Weakness of the composite ministry,[911]
Harley's intrigues against Marlborough,[911]
[1708] Harley and his colleagues resign,[912]
A Whig ministry,[913]
[1709] Insecurity of Marlborough's position,[913]
[1710] Fall of the Whigs,[914]
Dr. Sacheverell's sermons,[914]
Dismissal of Sunderland and Godolphin,[914]
Harley's Tory ministry,[915]
Conference at Gertruydenberg,[915]
The war in Spain,[915]
Harley's policy,[916]
[1711] Peace negotiations,[917]
Attack on Marlborough in Parliament,[919]
[1712] Ormond given command of the army,[920]
[1713] Peace of Utrecht,[921]
Conduct of Harley and Bolingbroke on the succession question,[922]
[1714] New Tory Parliament,[922]
Jacobite intrigues,[923]
The Queen's death,[924]
[1702] Lengthened negotiations for the Union of England and Scotland,[924]
[1707] The Union completed,[928]

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[1714] Probability of a restoration of the Stuarts,[929]
Council of Regency,[930]
Peaceful accession of the King,[930]
New Whig ministry,[931]
The Hanoverian succession a Whig triumph,[931]
Riots in the country,[931]
[1715] Impeachment of the late ministers,[932]
The Jacobite rebellion,[932]
Disaffection in Scotland,[933]
Failure of the Jacobite hopes of French help,[933]
Mar organizes the insurrection in Scotland,[934]
Vigorous measures of the Government,[935]
Mar's success in the Highlands,[935]
Forster defeated at Preston,[936]
Mar defeated at Sheriffmuir,[937]
[1716] The Pretender arrives, but shortly withdraws again,[937]
Punishment of the rebels,[938]
The Septennial Act,[938]
First signs of the disruption of the ministry,[940]
George goes to Hanover with Stanhope,[940]
Negotiations with France,[940]
Hanover threatened by Charles XII.,[941]
Dismissal of Townshend,[942]
[1717] The Triple Alliance,[942]
Stanhope's ministry,[942]
Threatening state of Europe,[942]
Danger to England from Charles XII.,[943]
And from Alberoni,[944]
[1718] The Quadruple Alliance,[945]
[1719] Fall of Alberoni,[946]
[1720] European peace,[946]
[1717] Stanhope's home policy,[946]
Constant opposition of Walpole,[946]
Trial of Oxford,[947]
[1719] Repeal of the Schism Act,[947]
Rejection of the Peerage Bill,[947]
[1720] Strength of the ministry. Walpole joins it,[948]
The South Sea Bubble,[949]
[1711] Formation of the South Sea Company,[950]
[1720] The South Sea Scheme,[950]
Competition of other companies,[951]
The rage for stock-jobbing,[952]
Bursting of the bubble,[953]
[1721] Punishment of the directors,[953]
Supremacy of Walpole,[953]
Revival of Jacobite hopes,[954]
[1722] Bishop Atterbury's plot,[954]
[1723] Quarrel between Carteret and Walpole,[956]
[1724] Excitement in Ireland,[957]
[1725] Disturbances in Scotland,[957]
Spanish difficulties,[958]
Intrigues of Ripperda,[959]
Treaty of Vienna,[960]
The secret treaty,[960]
[1726] The Treaty of Hanover,[961]
Excitement of Europe,[961]
[1727] Preliminaries of peace signed at Paris,[962]
Opposition to Walpole headed by Bolingbroke,[962]
The King's death,[963]
Review of the reign,[963]
Increased importance of England abroad,[963]
Private and public immorality,[963]
Influence of the Hanoverian courtiers,[964]

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Walpole retains his position,[966]
Increase of the Civil List,[966]
Influence of the Queen,[967]
Character of Walpole's ministry,[967]
Character of the Opposition,[967]
Strength of the Government,[969]
Depression of the Jacobites,[969]
European complications,[970]
[1729 ] Congress at Soissons,[970]
Treaty of Seville,[971]
Disappointment of the Emperor,[971]
[1731 ] Second Treaty of Vienna,[971]
Complete supremacy of Walpole,[972]
[1730] Rejection of the Pension Bill,[972]
[1731 ] Retirement of Townshend,[972]
Walpole's home government,[973]
[1733 ] His financial measures,[973]
His pacific foreign policy,[975]
[1734 ] Refuses to join in the new European war,[975]
[1738 ] Definitive Peace of Vienna,[976]
[1734 ] Increasing opposition to Walpole,[976]
Wyndham's speech against him,[977]
[1735 ] Prince of Wales head of the Opposition,[978]
[1737 ] Quarrel of George with his son,[979]
Death of the Queen,[980]
Walpole retains his influence with the King,[980]
[1738 ] The Opposition attacks his pacific policy,[980]
George desires war,[981]
[1739 ] Negotiations with Spain,[982]
Walpole declares war rather than resign,[982]
[1740 ] Increased vigour of the Opposition,[983]
Ill success of the war,[984]
[1742 ] Walpole resigns,[985]
Review of Walpole's ministry,[985]
The new ministry under Wilmington,[987]
[1743 ] Pelham succeeds Wilmington,[988]
The question of the Austrian succession,[989]
Ambition of Prussia,[989]
Position of Maria Theresa,[990]
England supports Austria,[991]
The English army in Flanders,[991]
Battle of Dettingen,[992]
Effect of the victory,[994]
Negotiations for peace,[994]
Treaty of Worms,[995]
[1744 ] League of Frankfort,[995]
Threatened invasion of England,[995]
Progress of the war,[996]
Changes in the ministry,[996]
[1745 ] German subsidies granted,[997]
Campaign in Flanders,[998]
Battle of Fontenoy,[998]
Charles Edward lands in Scotland,[999]
Cope marches against him,[1001]
Charles avoids him, and gains Edinburgh,[1001]
Battle of Prestonpans,[1002]
Indifference of England,[1002]
Charles marches to Derby,[1003]
He retreats to the relief of Government,[1004]
[1746 ] Charles besieges Stirling,[1005]
Battle of Falkirk,[1005]
Cumberland takes command of the army,[1006]
He defeats Charles at Culloden,[1007]
He cruelly suppresses the rebellion,[1008]
Charles escapes to France,[1008]
Ministerial crisis,[1009]
[1747 ] Effect of the rebellion on the continental war,[1010]
[1748 ] Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle,[1011]
Results of the war,[1011]
Pelham's conciliatory government,[1012]
[1750 ] His financial measures,[1012]
Increase of wealth and of trade,[1013]
[1751 ] Reform of the Calendar,[1014]
[ 1753] Lord Hardwicke's Marriage Act,[1015]
Decay of the Church,[1015]
[1730 ] Rise of the Wesleyans,[1016]
[1754 ] Pelham's death gives the Government to Newcastle,[1018]
Approaching danger from India and America,[1018]
Newcastle tries to confine the war to the colonies,;[1019]
George's anxiety for Hanover,[1020]
[1755 ] His subsidiary treaties against Prussia,[1020]
[1756 ] The French capture Minorca,[1021]
Newcastle resigns,[1021]
[1757 ] Pitt's vigorous government,[1022]
[1754 ] Europe prepares for war,[1023]
[1756 ] The Seven Years' War begins,[1023]
Alliance between England and Prussia,[1023]
Frederick's first campaign,[1023]
Foreign policy of the various parties in England,[1024]
[1757 ] Disasters of the year,[1025]
[1758 ] Change of generals,[1026]
Success in America,[1026]
Victory of Creveld,[1027]
Expeditions to Cherbourg and St. Malo,[1027]
[1759 ] Naval victories of Lagos and Quiberon,[1028]
Capture of Quebec,[1029]
Victory of Minden,[1031]
[1760 ] Frederick's campaign,[1032]
Battle of Torgau,[1033]
Pre-eminence of Pitt,[1033]
Death of the King,[1033]