The early Hanoverians

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The early Hanoverians

The Cabinet

the leading minister of the Cabinet later became known as the PRIME MINISTER

The first Prime Minister was Sir Robert Walpole; who remained in pover for over 20 years.

A chamber where the Hanoverians ministers met without the King;

Jacobites (extremist)

They attempted two unsuccessful rebellions against the Hanoverians.

They were supporters of James Edward Stuart and later, his son "Bonnie Prince Charlie".

Parliamentary ministrers had a lot of power

So Elections were subject to the corruption of the powerful.

Because George I, spoke no English.

1714: George I, became the first English King of the HouseOfHanover

Instead, they chose the descendant of James I’s daughter, who was Duke of Hanover.

In the Glorious Revolution, Parliament had disinherited James Esward Stuart, James II’s Catholic son;

After the Queen Anne's death

Coffee-Houses

Were a place for social and professional networking and also for debate, as the circulated the latest periodicals and pamphlets

Society

Political institutions: were hierarchical, hereditary and privileged.

It was materialistic, worldly, pragmatic, responsive to econimic pressure.

Enlightenment

It was a European philosophical movement wich developed in the 17th and 18th centuries, with the aim of freeing man's mind from ignorance, superstition and obscuratism throught knoledge and science.

A desire for balance, symmetry and refinement could be observed in all arts, especially connected with the idea of the imitation of nature. Nature meant humane nature and the physical environment.

The Age Of Reason

It was in many ways an extraordinarily free and open age. Liberal thought affirmed free will, salvation for all, the goodness of mankind and its capacity for profress.