Chapter XXIX: Causes of Disaffection――Risings of 1715 and 1745

⭘ Advantages of the Union; some of its disadvantages――Fiscal and
Excise arrangements――Malt Tax; determined opposition to it;
caused disturbance――Smuggling

⭘ The Jacobites――Toleration Act――Patronage restored――Death of
Queen Anne; Accession of George I.

⭘ The Earl of Mar and the Rising of 1715――Movements of the
insurgent army――Arrival of the Pretender――Collapse of the
Rising――Treatment of the prisoners; forfeitures――the Episcopal
clergy

⭘ Measures of the Government to secure order in the Highlands;
disarming acts; forts and military roads

⭘ Causes of the Rising of 1745; hereditary customs; jurisdiction
and power of the local chiefs and nobles――Prejudice against
the Union, and disaffection to England

⭘ Arrival of Prince Charles; a number of the Highland chiefs
joined him――Advance of his army southward; took Edinburgh
――Battle of Preston――His march into England; his retreat
――Battle of Culloden――Suffering inflicted on the people after
the battle――Service which the Celtic people have rendered to
the Empire