A short history of England, from the earliest times to the present day . ed, any one who was discontented with the govern-ment of the father would naturally have gone over to the it was, he merely allied himself with the Prince of Wales, sothat the rivalry between the two centres of Hanoverian influencewas a positive advantage. Pulteney and Bolingbroke flattered theDeatii of Prince, and hoped that when he came to the throneGeorge I. Walpole would be dismissed. Whilst these intrigueswere going on George died suddenly in Hanover, in 1727. CHIEF BATTLES, SIEGES, AND TREATIESGEORGE I,
A short history of England, from the earliest times to the present day . ed, any one who was discontented with the govern-ment of the father would naturally have gone over to the it was, he merely allied himself with the Prince of Wales, sothat the rivalry between the two centres of Hanoverian influencewas a positive advantage. Pulteney and Bolingbroke flattered theDeatii of Prince, and hoped that when he came to the throneGeorge I. Walpole would be dismissed. Whilst these intrigueswere going on George died suddenly in Hanover, in 1727. CHIEF BATTLES, SIEGES, AND TREATIESGEORGE I, AND GEORGE II. Battle of Sherriffmuir ,, Preston ,. ,, Cape Passaro Porto Bello taken Battle of Dettingen ,, Fontenoy ,, Preston Pans ,. ,, Culloden Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle Capitulation of Klosterseven Battle of Plassey „ Carthagena , , ,, Basque Roads ,, Minden Capture of Quebec ... Battle of Lagos ,j Quiberon Bay ,, Waudewasb (George III.) UNDER 1715 171817391743 1745 1746 17481757 1758 1759 1760 Canda^arfl To illustrate the English Conquest English Miles200 400. CHAPTER n. George II., 1727-1760 (33 years).Born 1683; married, 1705, Caroline of Anspach. Chief Characters of the Reign.—Queen Caroline ; Walpole ; Bolingbroke ;Pulteney; Carteret; John and Charles Wesley; Porteous; Wil-mington ; Henry Pelham ; William, Duke of Cumberland ; Anson ;Prince Charles Edward; Cope; Henry Fox; William Pitt, after-wards Earl of Chatham ; Pelham, Duke of Newcastle; Dupleix ;Clive ; Admiral Byng ; the Duke of Devonshire ; Rodney ; Wolfe. The new king, George II., was wholly under the influence of his wife, Caroline of Anspach. This remarkable woman had as great ascendenc}^ over her husband as the Duchess of Influence of _,,, ^^^ _ . ,, , Queen Marlborough had over Queen Anne; but, as sheCaroline. -^^^ more tact in exercising it, she kept it till herdeath, and during the first ten years of the reign, Caroline, muchmore than her husband, was the real head of the government. Inaccordance w
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