Outlines of English History; From the Roman Conquest to the Present Time. with Observations on the Progress of Art, Science, and Civilization, and Questions Adapted to Each Paragraph. for the Use of Schools (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1857. Excerpt: ... v r CHAPTER VIII. UNITED HOUSES OF STUART AND NASSAU. Began to reign. Died. Kino William IIL A. D. 1689 1702. Queen Maey II "1689 1694. Queen Anne, "1702 1714 William III. BEGAN TO reIgn A. D. 1689. DIED 1702. L William ILL, throughout his reign in England, (for Queen Mary had little to do with affairs of state, and died before her husband, ) was troubled with treachery at home and warfare abroad. A great war with France continued nearly the whole time;1 and not only his crown, but his life, was several times attempted by the emissaries of the exiled James. The latter went over to Ireland in the spring of 1690, raised an army of forty thousand men, and besieged Londonderry.Failing in his attempt to reduce that city, he was forced to retreat with a loss of nine thousand men, and being met on the banks of the River Boyne (June 30, 1690) by King William and his army, was signally defeated. LI. The late king was not yet discouraged by these failures, but fought a last battle at Aughrim, and was forced to re-i treat to Limerick. Here, finding all chance of victory gone, his adherents capitulated, and above fourteen thousand of them followed him to France. ILL William of Orange was a great general, and the bravest of soldiers. War was his element, and in raising sums 1 This war between England and France extended to their colonial possessions in America, known in American history as King William's War. In the commencement of this war the French and Indians perpetrated the most horrid barbarities upon the settlements in the northern colonies. In Dover, New Hampshire, a garrison was surprised, and many of the inmates were mnrdered or carried into captivity. Schenectady, New York, was burned, and most of the inhabitants inhumanly massacred. for the prosecution of h...