Countrystudy Summary
The House of Hanover
1714 1901
Controversial / kntr'v:l / vastuoluline
The Cabinet / 'kæbnt / valitsus
Jacobite rebellions / 'dækbat r'belns / jakobiitide mäss/ülestõus
Retreat / r'tri:t / taganemine
Slaughter / 'sl:t / tapmine, surmama
Pretension / pr'tenn / nõudlus
Prolonged / pr'ld / kauakestev, pikaajaline
Confine / 'knfan / piirduma, sulgema
Foothold / 'fthld / jalaase, tugipunkt
Coal / kl / kivisüsi
George I left the power to the Cabinet which led to having a Prime Minister (first
Prime Minister was Robert Walpole).
The Scottish Jacobite rebellions in 1715 and 1719 threatened the King, but the leader
of Jacobites, James Stuart, was easily defeated.
During the reign of George III, Britain lost its American colonies and the United States
was born.
In 1805 Admiral Nelson defeated the French navy in the Battle of Trafalgar
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