The Hanoverians and Walpole

I. Introduction

II. Elements of the 1714 Hanoverian Succession

A. Act of Settlement (1701)

B. Act of Union (1707)

C. Tory and Whig Views

D. Jacobite Rising of 1715

E. George I

III. Ascendancy of Robert Walpole (1722-1742)

A. Political Background

B. South Sea Bubble

C. Walpole’s Objectives and Methods

1. Win Favor and Confidence of the King

2. Centralization of Patronage

3. Reconcile Aristocracy, Merchants, and Gentry

V. Conclusion: Power and Weakness

Key Terms

Act of Settlement

Act of Union

Viscount Bolingbroke

Jacobite Rising (1715)

South Sea Bubble

Robert Walpole

George I

George II

sinking fund

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