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10 Cards in this Set
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Law
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Scottish financier who worked for France
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Walpole
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Whig who had warned against the South Sea scheme and who became the principal minister to George I
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Fleury
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Conducted French affairs after the Regent resigned
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George I
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Became king of Great Britain after Queen Anne died; the closest Protestant family member, was German and did not speak English
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Mississippi bubble
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Obtained a legal monopoly of all French colonial trade; fell through and caused outrage
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South Sea bubble
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Took over national debt by buying "bonds"; ultimately fell through and caused outrage
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War of Jenkin's Ear
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War between English & Spain; named for a captain who had supposedly lost his ear to the Spanish
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cabinet system
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System in which the prime minister is and the ministers are also members of the legislative body
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parliamentary government
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Parliament in England had more power and better organized than parlements in France
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Jacobites
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Supporters of "James III" and Bonnie Prince Charlie
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