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1711 - 17201711 Incorporation of South Sea Company, in London 1712 Imposition of Soap Tax (abolished 1853) Last trial for witchcraft in England (Jane Wenham) Toleration Act passed – first relief to non-Anglicans Patronage Act – patronage of ministers restored 1713 Treaty of Utrecht concludes the War of the Spanish Succession 1714 Aug 1: Queen Anne Stuart dies – George I Hanover becomes king
(1714-1727) Chancery Proceedings filed under Six Clerks Schism Act Landholders forced to take the Oath of Allegiance and renounce Roman
Catholicism Quarter Sessions Records from this date often mention Protestant dissenters and Roman Catholic recusants Henry Mill receives patent in England for a typewriter. 1715 Second Jacobite rebellion in Scotland, under the Old Pretender ('The
Fifteen') 1716 The Septennial Act of Britain leads to greater electoral corruption –
general elections now to be held once every 7 years instead of every 3 Climate: Thames frozen so solid that a spring tide lifted the ice bodily
13ft without interrupting the frost fair 1717 First Masonic Lodge opens in London 1719 Third abortive Jacobite rising 1720 South Sea Bubble, a stock-market crash on Exchange Alley Manufacturing towns start to increase in population – rise of new wealth |
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