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George I - Religious

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Activities: Religious Rebellions during the Hanoverian Dynasty

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In 1707, under the Act of Settlement, George's mother, Sophia, was nominated heiress to the English throne if the reigning monarch William III and his heir Anne died without issue. The act sought to guarantee a succession. In August 1714, became king.
The following year, George was faced with a rebellion with the , supporters of the Catholics James Stuart, who has a strong claim to the throne. However, on 4 February 1716 admitted defeat and returned to France.
In Jacobite plans for regaining the British throne continued. By that year they had managed to enlist the help of the Spanish for another military expedition. The precise reasons for the Spanish support were born out of complex European power politics. Surprisingly England's old enemy, France, and Britain had come to a peace settlement in 1713, which ended the ''. Amongst other things the treaty required the 'Old Pretender' to move his exiled court from France. The Jacobites had therefore to cast about for support elsewhere. Spain had also signed a peace treaty with Britain but did not respect the provisions which excluded Spanish influence in Italy. By 1718 Spain had seized the Italian islands of Sicily and Sardinia and planned to invade the mainland in the south. This was a direct challenge to Austria which had inherited Spain's Italian lands but it was also a challenge to which was a guarantor of the Peace of Utrecht. The Royal Navy promptly smashed the Spanish navy near Messina. The Spanish knew that Britain's George I was involved in an expensive naval campaign in the Baltic so they declared war on Britain.
The old pretender did indeed land in . He was also a very dispiriting and frigid leader. Morover, Louis XIV had just died, consequently no help came from France. Finally the goverment dealt energetically with the situation, because “” left Scotland in less than six weeks.
In the early Hanoverian period, the nation was sunk into a condition of moral apathy. was a minister for two years in Georgia. In 1739 he built the first of his chapels at Bristol, and formed the first of his regular Methodist societies in London. He was a great social reformed as well as a great religious leader. He influenced the religious life of the whole British people. He restored as a living force in the personal creed of men and in the life of the nation.
Between 1719 and 1745, Jacobitism had decome almost entirely a Scottish movement. Charles Edward, the of the Old Pretender, was determined to win back the throne of his fathers. Some tried to dissuade him but he didn't listen. Seeing his determinations, they gave him their support and also some other clans joined in. Charles marched south. , who was an opposing general, came north to meet him, but Charles was joined with a very capable officer called and entered Edinbourgh unopposed. He won a decisive victory and Scotland seemed to be at his feet. Meanwhiles, General Wade was sent north to prevent an invation of England. Charles advanced south and swered west to avoid . He entered England by Carsile, took Manchester and reached Derby. So, Prince Charles retreated against his wishes. He reached Scotland safely. After the failure of this rising, the hopes of the jacobites were forever crushed.

Hanoverian dynasty : Religious aspect