[368] Derived from Jacobus, the Latin for James. The name was applied to the adherents of James II and of his son and grandson, the elder and younger pretenders to the throne.
[369] It will be remembered that the children of James II by his second and Catholic wife, Mary of Modena, were excluded from the throne at the accession of William and Mary. See genealogical table on preceding page.
[370] The Dutch occupation of a portion of the coast of North America was brought to an end, as has been mentioned, by the English. See above, p. [492].
[371] For the settlement of the English and French in North America, see Morris, The History of Colonization, Vol. I, Chapter X, and Vol. II, Chapter XVII; also Parkman, Montcalm and Wolfe, Vol. I, pp. 20–35.
[373] Baber claimed to be descended from an earlier invader, the famous Timur (or Tamerlane), who died in 1405. The so-called Mongol (or Mogul) emperors were really Turkish rather than Mongolian in origin. A very interesting account of them and their enlightenment may be found in Holden, The Mogul Emperors of Hindustan (Charles Scribner's Sons, $2.00).
[374] Reference, Perkins, France under Louis XV, Vol. I, Chapter XI.
[375] Reference, Green, Short History of the English People, pp. 776–786.
[377] The interior customs lines roughly coincided with the boundaries of the region of the great salt tax. See accompanying map.