Ontario High School History of England . was necessary to look else-where for a successor to the throne. Parliament now gavethe right of succession to Sophia, Electress of Hanover,the next Protestant in the royal line (see table p. 343).Henry VIII had dictated to Parliament as to his successor;Parliament now named the ruler; the claim to divine rightwas shattered mdeed! 5. The Reign of Anne Anne, 1703-1714.—Anne, a simple-minded, dull, obstinate,but well-meaning woman, succeeded William at a time whenthere were heavy clouds of war. The last ruling queen, thegreat Elizabeth, had been able herse
Ontario High School History of England . was necessary to look else-where for a successor to the throne. Parliament now gavethe right of succession to Sophia, Electress of Hanover,the next Protestant in the royal line (see table p. 343).Henry VIII had dictated to Parliament as to his successor;Parliament now named the ruler; the claim to divine rightwas shattered mdeed! 5. The Reign of Anne Anne, 1703-1714.—Anne, a simple-minded, dull, obstinate,but well-meaning woman, succeeded William at a time whenthere were heavy clouds of war. The last ruling queen, thegreat Elizabeth, had been able herself to do little to meet thedangers of the Spanish war, and Anne was not fitted tograpple with such problems. So it came about that the ruleof a woman at this time only served to make clear the finalpassing of authority to Parliament. Annes subjects calledher Good Queen Anne. She was devoted to the Churchof England, and the bishops whom she named were men ofhigh character. We now hear much of high and low church, 356 HISTORY OF ENGLAND. Annk (1665-1714) high church still j&ghting to coerce dissent, low church tobroaden toleration. There can be no doubt that the nation at large was weary of religiousstrife; but leaders still used theold cries to stir up party herself was high churchand Tory in her had the Stuart faith thatthere was a certain magic in roy-alt3^ Superstitious people stillbelieved that the royal touchwould cure scrofula, the kingsevil, Profligate Charles II hadwrought these wonders. Williamhad jeered at the practice, butAnne gave the royal touch withsolemn ceremonial. The War of the Spanish Suc-cession, 1703-1713.—Before Wilham died he had made aGrand Alliance with Austria and Holland, the chief aims ofwhich were to secure Holland against France, and to makeimpossible the union of the crowns of France and was declared in 1702, a terrible war, which lasted until1713, and was only less bloody than the long struggle withNapoleo
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