Act of Habeas Corpus—Death of Charles II.—Milton—Bunyan—James II. —William and Mary—Battle of Boyne
CHAPTER XI.
Anne—Marlborough—Battle of Blenheim—House of Hanover—George I.—
George II.—Walpole—British Dominion in India—Battle of Quebec—John
Wesley
CHAPTER XII.
George III.—Stamp Act—Tax on Tea—American Independence Acknowledged
—Impeachment of Hastings—War of 1812—First English Railway—George
IV.—William IV.—Reform Bill—Emancipation of the Slaves
CHAPTER XIII.
Victoria—Famine in Ireland—War with Russia—Sepoy Rebellion—Massacre at Cawnpore
CHAPTER XIV.
Atlantic Cable—Daguerre's Discovery—First World's Fair—Death of
Albert—Suez Canal—Victoria Empress of India—Disestablishment of
Irish Branch of Church of England—Present Conditions