Peter Parley's common school history Illustrated by engravings . 1. The old banished king James had died in France, in the year1701, He left a son, whom Louis the Fourteenth caused to be pro-claimed king of England. But tbe English people called him thePretender. They were determined not to have a Boman Catholicking. The nearest Protestant heir to the throne was the elector ofHanover, a German prince, whose mother was a granddaughter ofJames the First. He was now about fifty-five years old. 2. This old German elector was proclaimed king of England, bythe title of George the First. With him beg
Peter Parley's common school history Illustrated by engravings . 1. The old banished king James had died in France, in the year1701, He left a son, whom Louis the Fourteenth caused to be pro-claimed king of England. But tbe English people called him thePretender. They were determined not to have a Boman Catholicking. The nearest Protestant heir to the throne was the elector ofHanover, a German prince, whose mother was a granddaughter ofJames the First. He was now about fifty-five years old. 2. This old German elector was proclaimed king of England, bythe title of George the First. With him began the dynasty of theHouse of Hanover. He could not speak a word of English, and knewnothing about the kingdom which he was to govern. 3. He spent much of his time vu his native country, for he dearlyloved Hanover, and could never feel at home in the palace of theEnglish kincrs. He died in 1727, and was succeeded by his the Second, who was likewise a native of Germany. 4. During part of George the Seconds reign, England was at waiwith Spain and Fran
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