Medieval and modern times; an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . ns during the previous fiftyyears. In the first place, the nation had clearly shown thatit proposed to remain Protestant in spite of the Catholicsympathies of her Stuart kings; and the relations betweenthe Church of England and the dissenters were gradually be-ing satisfactorily adjusted. In the second place, the powersof the king had been carefully defined, and from the opening 1 See above, pp. 384 How England became Que en of the Ocean 425 1702-1714
Medieval and modern times; an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . ns during the previous fiftyyears. In the first place, the nation had clearly shown thatit proposed to remain Protestant in spite of the Catholicsympathies of her Stuart kings; and the relations betweenthe Church of England and the dissenters were gradually be-ing satisfactorily adjusted. In the second place, the powersof the king had been carefully defined, and from the opening 1 See above, pp. 384 How England became Que en of the Ocean 425 1702-1714 of the eighteenth century to the present time no Englishmonarch has ventured to veto an act of William III was succeeded in 1702 by his sister-in-law, Anne, Queen Anne,a younger daughter of James II. Far more important thanthe war which her generals carried on against Spain was thefinal union of England and Scotland. As we have seen, thedifficulties between the two countries had led to much blood-shed, and suffering ever since Edward Is futile attempt to con-quer The two countries had, it is true, been under.
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