Focus on An Incident in the Rebellion of 1745 and analyze the Background.
The Battle of Culloden was the last battle of the Jacobite rising of 1745. This rising was an attempt by Charles Edward Stuart to remove King George II from the British throne, and replace him with his father, James Francis Edward Stuart. The battle was fought on 16 April 1746, on Drummossie Moor near Inverness in the Scottish Highlands. The Jacobite Army was commanded by Charles Stuart and a government army commanded by Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, the son of George II. The battle lasted around an hour and resulted in a bloody defeat of the Jacobites.
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