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| 1714 Probability of a restoration of the Stuarts, | 929 |
| Council of Regency, | 930 |
| Peaceful accession of the King, | 930 |
| New Whig ministry, | 931 |
| The Hanoverian succession a Whig triumph, | 931 |
| Riots in the country, | 931 |
| 1715 Impeachment of the late ministers, | 932 |
| The Jacobite rebellion, | 932 |
| Disaffection in Scotland, | 933 |
| Failure of the Jacobite hopes of French help, | 933 |
| Mar organizes the insurrection in Scotland, | 934 |
| Vigorous measures of the Government, | 935 |
| Mar's success in the Highlands, | 935 |
| Forster defeated at Preston, | 936 |
| Mar defeated at Sheriffmuir, | 937 |
| 1716 The Pretender arrives, but shortly withdraws again, | 937 |
| Punishment of the rebels, | 938 |
| The Septennial Act, | 938 |
| First signs of the disruption of the ministry, | 940 |
| George goes to Hanover with Stanhope, | 940 |
| Negotiations with France, | 940 |
| Hanover threatened by Charles XII., | 941 |
| Dismissal of Townshend, | 942 |
| 1717 The Triple Alliance, | 942 |
| Stanhope's ministry, | 942 |
| Threatening state of Europe, | 942 |
| Danger to England from Charles XII., | 943 |
| And from Alberoni, | 944 |
| 1718 The Quadruple Alliance, | 945 |
| 1719 Fall of Alberoni, | 946 |
| 1720 European peace, | 946 |
| 1717 Stanhope's home policy, | 946 |
| Constant opposition of Walpole, | 946 |
| Trial of Oxford, | 947 |
| 1719 Repeal of the Schism Act, | 947 |
| Rejection of the Peerage Bill, | 947 |
| 1720 Strength of the ministry. Walpole joins it, | 948 |
| The South Sea Bubble, | 949 |
| 1711 Formation of the South Sea Company, | 950 |
| 1720 The South Sea Scheme, | 950 |
| Competition of other companies, | 951 |
| The rage for stock-jobbing, | 952 |
| Bursting of the bubble, | 953 |
| 1721 Punishment of the directors, | 953 |
| Supremacy of Walpole, | 953 |
| Revival of Jacobite hopes, | 954 |
| 1722 Bishop Atterbury's plot, | 954 |
| 1723 Quarrel between Carteret and Walpole, | 956 |
| 1724 Excitement in Ireland, | 957 |
| 1725 Disturbances in Scotland, | 957 |
| Spanish difficulties, | 958 |
| Intrigues of Ripperda, | 959 |
| Treaty of Vienna, | 960 |
| The secret treaty, | 960 |
| 1726 The Treaty of Hanover, | 961 |
| Excitement of Europe, | 961 |
| 1727 Preliminaries of peace signed at Paris, | 962 |
| Opposition to Walpole headed by Bolingbroke, | 962 |
| The King's death, | 963 |
| Review of the reign, | 963 |
| Increased importance of England abroad, | 963 |
| Private and public immorality, | 963 |
| Influence of the Hanoverian courtiers, | 964 |
