The Jacobite Rebellions (1689-1746)

The following is from The Jacobite Rebellions (1689-1746) by J. Pringle Thomson, M.A.:

Editor's Note

Within the compass of 120 pages it was impossible for me to cover every event in this period. The "Forty-Five" itself would have provided enough material to fill a volume of double the size. I have therefore concentrated on the four events which seemed to me most important--namely, the Darien scheme, the Union of the Crowns, and the risings of 1715 and 1745. For the rest, I have endeavoured to illustrate, however briefly, the religious, social, and industrial activities of the time. As in my previous volume, I have drawn freely on the invaluable publications of the Scottish Historical Society, and my thanks are also due to Mr. William Cowan for permission to print the extract which appears on p. 29.

J. P. T.
GLASGOW,
May, 1914

• 1689 State of Parties in Scotland - Dalrymple's "Memoirs"
• 1689 The Convention of Estates - Dalrymple's "Memoirs"
• 1689 Dundee's Rebellion - Mackay's "Memoirs"
• 1689 The Battle of Killiecrankie - Mackay's "Memoirs"
• 1690 The Religious Settlement - "Melville Papers"
• 1692 The Massacre of Glencoe - "Papers Illustrative of the Highlands of Scotland"
• 1695 The Bank of Scotland - "Acts of the Parliaments of Scotland"
• 1695-1699 The Darien Scheme
• 1703 The Union Impending - Sir John Clerk's "Memoirs"
• 1705-1707 Union of the Crowns [Parliaments]
• 1714 "The Wee, Wee German Lairdie" - Mackay's "Jacobite Songs"
• 1715-1716 The Rising of 1715
• 1718 The Scottish Capital - Macky's "Journey through Scotland"
• 1719 The Jacobite Attempt of 1719 - Keith's "Memoir"
• 1725 England and Scotland Contrasted - Macky's "Journey through Scotland"
• 1725 The Malt Tax - "The Lockhart Papers"
• 1726 General Wade's Roads - Burt's "Letters"
• 1735 Scottish Gardening - Cockburn's "Letters to His Gardener"
• 1736 The Porteous Riots - Carlyle's "Autobiography"
• 1742 The "Cambuslang Wark" - "Statistical Account of Scotland"
• 1745-1746 The "Forty-Five"

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