Union with Scotland
A global power1714 to 1901
The Act of Union of 1707 joined England and Scotland into one kingdom of Great Britain. Seven years later the succession forced another change: Queen Anne died leaving no heir, and in 1714 Parliament settled on George I, her nearest Protestant relative, a German who spoke little English. A king leaning that heavily on his ministers left room for one of them to lead, and in 1721 Robert Walpole began the long stretch in office that later generations counted as the first premiership.
Not everyone accepted the new line. The rebellion of the clans broke out in 1745, when Charles Edward Stuart, remembered as Bonnie Prince Charlie, tried to win the throne back for the Stuarts from George II. It ended the following year at the Battle of Culloden in 1746, which finished the Jacobite cause and broke the power of the Highland clans for good.
What to remember
| Act of Union | 1707 Joined the kingdoms of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain. |
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 The Battle of Culloden | 1746 Ended the last Jacobite attempt to restore a Stuart king and broke the power of the Highland clans. |
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| Robert Walpole becoming Prime Minister | 1721 The first Prime Minister, though nobody used the title then, and the longest-serving one. |
| Parliament choosing George I to be the next king | 1714 Queen Anne died and George I, a German, was her nearest Protestant relative. |
| The rebellion of the clans | 1745 Charles Edward Stuart, Bonnie Prince Charlie, tried to put a Stuart king back on the throne in place of George II. |
| Became Prime Minister in 1721 | Robert Walpole |
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| Was chosen by Parliament in 1714 to be the next king | George I |
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