 Anne viewed this as the unified Protestant kingdom which her predecessors had failed to achieve.However, the ousted Stuart dynasty, backed by European Catholic powers such as France and Spain, continued to plot a return to power in the three kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, by force in necessary, and retained supporters in each of those kingdoms.Jacobite support in the three kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland was rooted partly in specific religious communities and among those whose political beliefs encompassed the core Stuart doctrines of divine right, sacred kingship and indefeasible hereditary right.