X. Britannia Incorporated

1690–1750. As the new century dawned, relations between Scotland and England had never been worse. Yet half a century later the two countries would be making a future together based on profit and interest.

	William III massacres the Jacobites at Glencoe
	Act of Union between Scotland and England.The Scottish parliament was dissolved and England and Scotland became one country.
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In 1714 the British throne passed to a German family, the Hanoverians.
	George of Hanover, Germany succeeds Queen Anne to the Throne
	Sir Robert Walpole becomes the first Prime Minister
	Bonnie Prince Charlie is defeated at the Battle of Culloden
	First canal in Britain is completed
	America declares independence from Britain
1780's	Industrial Revolution Begins
	Steam powered cotton mill invented by Sir Richard Arkwright

Task 1. Watch the film and find out who the following people were:

William III, James II, Jacobites, William Patterson, James Edward Stuart, Queen Ann, Louis XIV, Whigs and Tories, Jesuits, George I, Robert Walpole, Earl of Mar, William Hogarth, Thomas Coram, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Red Coats, Duke of Cumberland, David Hume, Adam Ferguson, Robert Adam, Adam Smith.

Task 2. While watching the film pay attention to the descriptions of the following events and places: Battle of Killiecrankie, Glencoe, Glorious Revolution, Darien, Treaty of the Union, Jacobite Rising of 1715, 1745 Uprising, Battle of Prestonpans, Culloden.

Task 3. Watch the film and find answers to the following questions:

1. What were the political and social consequences of the Glorious Revolution?

2. What was the origin of the Jacobite movement?

3. Describe the origin and the realisation of the Darien scheme.

4. What events preceded and followed the Act of the Union?

5. Describe the process of dynastic change and the first years of Hanoverian Rule in Britain

6. What were the major events of Jacobite uprising of 1715?

7. Describe the political career of Robert Walpole and the transformation Britain underwent during his term of service as Prime Minister

8. What were the social conditions in Britain in the first half of the 18^th c.?

9. How did the 1745 uprising begin and what were its major events?

10. What were the immediate results of the Uprising?

11. Describe the changes in the political, social and cultural life in Scotland after 1746

Obstinately loyal – верный до конца

To make the pledge – принести клятву

Massacre – массовое кровопролитие

Purgatory – чистилище (перен. – место страданий)

God’s wrath – гнев Божий

Ship cargo – корабельный груз

Lairds of the lagoon – лорды (шотл. лэрды)

Anglophobia – англофобия, ненависть к Англии и англичанам

Crisis over succession – кризис, вызванный отсутствием единого кандидата на престол

Trade concessions – благоприятные условия для торговли

Carrot stick – политика кнута и пряника

Writing on the Wall – надпись на стене (библ.), дурное предзнаменование

Serfdom – крепостное право

Intermission- перерыв

Sceptered Isle – остров под скипетром, Британия

Religious convictions – религиозные убеждения

Patronage – патронаж, протекция

Xanadu – Занаду, земной рай (из поэмы Кольриджа)

To demolish- уничтожить

Self-indulgence – потакание себе

Hanoverian Britain – Британия времен правления Ганноверской династии (1714 - 1901)

To kindle – разжигать, инициировать

Virtue- добродетель

To jostle – сражаться, противостоять

Consumerism- потребительство

Debtor’s prison – долговая тюрьма

Smallpox- оспа

Foundling hospital – приют для брошенных детей

Connoisseur – знаток, ценитель (франц.)

Effigy – изображение, чучело

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