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Stately Homes England Scotland Wales. Already, in the wars between and , the British, with their allies, had defeated the previously unbeatable French armies of Louis XIV. This was made possible by the employment of the resources which the political settlement of had put in place. This settlement meant the King had to accept limitations on the power of the crown, in conjunction with a bill of rights, permanent parliaments and religious toleration, in return for finance for military operations.

They noticed the flourishing ports, the exciting new turnpike road network, and impressive canal system. This was a country of trade, traffic and movement. Commerce and affluence were intertwined. Georgian industry was thriving too. For centuries the only product the English exported on any scale was wool; the only commodity that was remotely competitive on the international market. Domestic manufactured goods were mostly poor quality, inferior to the luxuries of France, Germany and Italy.

However by , the British could now manufacture a range of products to the highest European standards of technique and design: cottons in Manchester, ribbons in Coventry, boots and shoes in Northampton, wool and worsteds in Leeds, Bradford and Halifax, soap and glass in St Helens, steel in Sheffield or metal goods in Birmingham.

The manufactories of Birmingham and Manchester were places considered so remarkable that they deserved to be visited by rich tourists. The British saw themselves as a polite and commercial people. Most foreigners were struck by the affluence, vivacious commerce and great manufacturing capacity of the Georgians. It was Napoleon who first called the British a nation of shopkeepers, not Hitler. It was the Georgians who ushered in the first modern, industrial society. George I mainly depended on parliament during his reign, and after he rarely attended any Cabinet meetings.

When the South Sea Company, a government stock investment scheme crashed, the British people including the monarchy and government suffered a catastrophic loss of money and property.

Walpole still holds the longest administration in British history - With Walpole, the Georgian period saw the beginning of the transfer of power from the monarchy to parliament.

On the 11 June , George I died of a stroke on a trip to Hanover. He was buried in the chapel at the Hanoverian residence of Leine Castle. He is the last British monarch to be buried outside of the United Kingdom. Following his death, he was succeeded by his son, George Augustus 9 November - 25 October A series of Jacobite uprisings threatened the Georgian kings from the beginning of their reign.

The battle lasted little over an hour, with the British troops overpowering the smaller Scottish army. Between 1, and 1, Jacobites were killed or wounded, and to British were killed or died of their wounds. The battle of Culloden led to the end of the Jacobite rebellion with many of the supporters exiled, imprisoned or executed for treason, and Charles escaping to France, never to return to Britain again. This victory is seen as the beginning of the almost two hundred year-long British Rule in India.

With political control in India, the British had the influence and power to extract wealth from the country and deindustrialize the nation, reducing India to a supplier of raw materials. India would also form the foundation for Opium Trade, which would have major implications for other developing countries such as China. On 25 October , George II died, just before his 77th birthday. The throne was inherited by his year-old grandson, George who was the first Hanoverian monarch to be born in England and to speak English as his first language.

Britain effectively won the war in with the signing of the Treaty of Paris on 10 February, paving the way for the global dominance of the British empire in the 19th Century. It was expected these debts would be recouped, in part, through heavy taxation of the Americas, which became a contributing factor in the American war of Independence.