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WHEN WAS JAMES STUART'S LAST ATTEMPT
TO INVADE SCOTLAND, AND HOW DID IT END?
JAMES FRANCIS STUART TRIED TO INVADE
SCOTLAND ONE MORE TIME IN 1719, THIS
TIME WITH THE SUPPORT OF CATHOLIC
SPANISH TROOPS. HE RECEIVED NO SUPPORT
EVEN IN HIGHLANDS. IT WAS A DISMAL
FAILURE. JAMES STUART RETURNED TO ROME
TO FOCUS ON BRINGING UP HIS YOUNG
SONS, CHARLES AND HENRY.
WHAT WAS GENERAL WADE ASSIGNED TO DO
BY THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT?
GENERAL GEORGE WADE WAS ASKED TO
BUILD A VERY EFFICIENT SYSTEM OF ROADS
AND BRIDGES ACROSS THE HIGHLANDS.
PROPER ROADS WERE NEEDED TO MOVE
THE GOVERNMENT REDCOATS ARMY SWIFTLY
IN CASE OF ANOTHER REBELLION. MANY OF
THOSE ROADS ARE STILL IN USE TODAY.
WHAT WERE THE YEARS OF THE REIGN
OF GEORGE I AND HIS SON GEORGE II?
GEORGE I REIGNED FROM 1714 TILL 1727.
HIS SON, GEORGE II, REIGNED FROM
1727 TILL 1760.
DID THE ENGLAND LIKE GEORGE I AND
GEORGE II? HOW DID THEY RULE THE GREAT
BRITAIN?
BOTH GEORGE I AND GEORGE II WERE NOT
MUCH LIKED. THEY WERE SEEN AS DULL
AND BORING FOREIGNERS. BUT BOTH WERE
HAPPY TO TRUST THE SAME SMALL GROUP
OF WEALTHY FAMILIES AND THEIR
SUPPORTERS TO RUN THE COUNTRY. THESE
FAMILIES CONTROLLED PARLIAMENT.
WHO WAS BRITAIN'S FIRST PRIME MINISTER?
BRITAIN'S FIRST PRIME MINISTER WAS
SIR ROBERT WALPOLE. HE WAS THE LONGEST
SERVING PRIME MINISTER - FOR 20 YEARS.
WHAT WAS THE SITUATION WITH ECONOMY
OF BRITAIN DURING THE REIGN OF GEORGE I
AND GEORGE II?
TRADE INCREASED AND WEALTH FLOWED
INTO BRITAIN, AS BRITISH MERCHANTS
STRUGGLED WITH THE FRENCH TO
DOMINATE NORTH AMERICA AND INDIAN
TRADING POSTS. MANY SCOTS ALSO GAINED
WEALTH FROM TRADING OR FROM
GOVERNMENT JOBS. FOR BRITAIN'S TOP
FAMILIES LIFE WAS SWEET.
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