Great Britain -- History -- George I, 1714-1727 -- Sources -- Early works to 1800

& de quelques autres, touchant le dessein d'exciter une rebellion dans la Grande Bretagne, qui devoit étre soutenuë par un corps de troupes de Suede : Publiées par ordre de S.M. Britannique.

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à la lettre de M. le Marquis de Monteleon, ambassadeur de Sa Majesté Catholique, à Londres. : a Hamptoncourt le 4. Septembre 1718. Signed at end: J. Craigs.

The address of the House of Commons in Parliament to the King of England at Kensington. Date approximate.

Address on Behalf of the persecuted Protestants. Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, "To return His Majesty the Thanks of this House, for the Continuance of His seasonable Interposition, in Conjunction with the other Protestant Powers, on Behalf of the poor persecuted Protestants Abroad; to express the Satisfaction of this House, in the Prospect there is, that, by His Gracious Endeavours, they shall obtain the Redress of their Grievances, and be restored to the Enjoyment of those Rights and Privileges to which they have the justest Title by the most solemn Treaties, and be secured in the future Enjoyment of them; and to assure His Majesty, That this House will support Him with the utmost Vigour in the Prosecution of such Measures, as He, in His Wisdom, shall judge most conducive to so great and good an End.

[“Reasons why His Royal Majesty of Great Britain and Elector of Braunschweig (Brunswick) and Lüneburg is obliged to enter the war against the Crown of Sweden. Year 1715.”] Great Britain (under King George I, born in Hanover, Germany) was allied with a coalition formed by the Russian Tsar Peter the Great; they declared war on Sweden in the summer of 1715. The “Great Northern War” lasted from 1700-1721 and was fought over land disputes between Denmark and Sweden, as well as a Jacobite uprising developing in Sweden.