December 1740: War of Austrian Succession absorbs peripheral conflicts, including the War of Jenkins Ear, and the European continent plunged into battle.
October 1739: Britain declares war on Spain, igniting the War of Jenkins Ear.He spends two months in Scotland before returning, defeated, to France. December 1715: James arrives in Scotland.November 1715: The Battle of Sheriffmuir the battle ends in a draw, but a Jacobite retreat converts the battle into a government victory and ends the Second Jacobite Rebellion.September 1715: The Jacobite standard is raised, pending the arrival of James and a French army.August 1714: Queen Anne dies, and George I becomes king.July 1706: The Treaty of Union passes, dissolving the Scottish parliament.March 1702: William dies, passing the crown to Queen Anne.September 1701: James VII dies, leaving James Francis as the claimant to the throne.June 1701: The Act of Settlement passes, preventing any Roman Catholic from assuming the monarchy.February 1692: The Massacre of Glencoe as punishment for refusing to declare loyalty to the Protestant king, William’s government slaughters the McDonalds of Glencoe, creating a martyr for the Jacobite cause.
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