Jacobite risings
Scottish succession wars
The Jacobite risings were a series of rebellions in Britain during the late 17th and 18th centuries aimed at restoring the Stuart monarchy after James II was deposed in 1688.
The term comes from Jacobus, Latin for James.
The most famous risings occurred in 1715 and 1745, the latter led by Bonnie Prince Charlie and ending in defeat at Culloden.
The Jacobite risings reshaped the Scottish Highlands.
- English throneSeat of UK sovereignty
- tartanPatterned clan fabric
- EdinburghScotland's seat of government
- claymoreScottish great sword
- GlencoeScottish valley, 1692 atrocity
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- ScotlandGlasgow, Edinburgh, Highlands, whisky, bagpipes
- Georgian BritainGeorge III, Walpole, Culloden, Georgian era, Regency period
- British ErasVictorian era, Victorian age, Tudor era, Tudor period, Elizabethan era
- EdinburghEdinburgh Castle, Scottish Parliament, Edinburgh Festival, Fringe Festival, Old Town
- Glorious RevolutionGlorious Revolution, William III, William of Orange, English Bill of Rights, bloodless coup
- Scottish MilitaryBlack Watch, claymore, broadsword, bagpiper, bagpipers