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A New Queen
Queen Anne came to the throne in 1702. The Tories were isolationist, the Whigs were for war. Marlborough, although a Tory, understood that if England did not go to war Louis would win it and whoever won it would control not only Europe but the distant colonies.
Another reason for war was that James Edward Stuart might try and reclaim the crown, France had acknowledged him as the true King.
The French placed their main army near Nimwegan and Marlborough met them there and won a useful victory that freed the whole river channel of the Meuse. The Grand Alliance united under Marlborough against Louis XIV.
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QUEEN ANNE (1665-1714)- Queen of England, Ireland and Scotland 1702-1714
- The last of the Stuarts
- Second daughter of the Duke of York (later James II) and Anne Hyde
- Married Prince George of Denmark in 1683
- None of their children survived them
- When William of Orange invaded in 1688 fled to Nottingham and eventually agreed that William and Mary should have the throne
- In 1701 she also agreed to the Act of Settlement which led to the Hanoverian dynasty, but she would not allow any claimant to settle in England in her lifetime
Anne had no surviving child though she was pregnant 18 times.
 
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| 1694 | Death of Mary II
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| 1701 | Death of James II
Louis XIV of France recognizes the Old Pretender as king
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| 1702 | Anne becomes queen
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| 1704 | Battle of Blenheim
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| 1706 | Battle of Ramilles
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| 1707 | Act of Union with Scotland
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| 1709 | Sacheverell impeached
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| 1711 | Marlborough dismissed
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| 1714 | Death of Queen Anne
Death of Sophia, Electress of Hanover
George I becomes king
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| ENGLISH WRITERS OF QUEEN ANNE'S TIME | | • | Joseph Addison |
| • | Daniel Defoe |
| • | Alexander Pope |
| • | Sir Richard Steele |
| • | Jonathan Swift |
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