 Queen Anne died in 1714.Under the Act of Settlement 1701, which excluded Roman Catholics from the line of succession, Anne was succeeded by her second cousin, the Elector of Hanover, George I. George I distrusted the Tories, who he believed opposed his right to succeed to the Throne.The year of George's accession, 1714, marked the ascendancy of the Whigs who would remain in power for the next fifty years.