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Title: Chambers's encyclopædia; a dictionary of universal knowledge
Year: 1868 (1860s)
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Subjects: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Publisher: London : W. & R. Chambers
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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ngloriously terminated;but the attention of England was speedily drawntowards the Axistrian War of Succession, in whichit was involved through the anxiety of the king forhis Hanoverian possessions, and the strong antipathyof the people to the French. Walpole, disapprovingof the war, was diivcn from office in 1743. GeorgeII. appeared on the field of battle himself, andat Dettingen proved himself a man of courage andspirit. But the success of the French at Fontenoyin 1745 paralysed the efforts of England during therest of the campaign ; and in 1748, after nine yearsfighting, a peace was concluded at Aix-la-Chapelle,by which it was agreed that both nations shoxddmutiially restore their conquests, and go back toexactly the same condition as they were in beforethe war! Meanwhile, a second attempt had beenmade (1745—1746) by Prince Charles Edwai-dStuart to win back the throne of his ancestors.This attempt, known as the second rebellion, wascrushed at Culloden (April 16, 1746), and shortly
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C4REAT BRITAIN. after, a variety of important measures were passedby the imperial parliament relating to Scotlandgenerally, and to tlae Highlands in particular, whichhad the effect, on the whole, both of conciliatingthe inhabitants, and of increasing their civilisation.Now, after a long period of indolence and poverty,Scotland began to make advances towards thatequality vfiih England, in respect of comfort andprosperity, which it has since attained. In 1756 broke out the Seven Years War, inwhich Britain took the side of Frederick the Greatagainst France, Austria, Russia, and Poland. Itachieved no triumphs in Europe ; on the contrary,it suffered a signal disgrace in the surrender of theDuke of Cumberland, vnih 40,000 men, in Hanover;but in India, Clive deprived the French of most oftheir possessions, while Wolfe, in the New World,conquered their colony of Canada. In the midst ofthis war, George II. died (1760), and was succeededby his grandson, George III., whose reign provedto be the

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