Unit 6: Georgian Britain Chapter 2: Parliamentary government Recap The Glorious Revolution, and the role it played establishing the rights of Parliament. The creation of Great Britain, George I and the Hanoverian succession. Charles I’s struggles with Parliament and his failed attempt at absolutist rule. Vocabulary to recap: absolutist; Glorious Revolution; hereditary; Presbyterian. Key dates 1721 Robert Walpole becomes the first ‘Prime Minister’ of Great Britain 1727 George II is crowned Key people Robert Walpole A major Georgian statesman, generally seen as Britain’s first Prime Minister
Unit 6: Georgian Britain Chapter 2: Parliamentary government Recap The Glorious Revolution, and the role it played establishing the rights of Parliament. The creation of Great Britain, George I and the Hanoverian succession. Charles I’s struggles with Parliament and his failed attempt at absolutist rule. Vocabulary to recap: absolutist; Glorious Revolution; hereditary; Presbyterian. Key dates 1721 Robert Walpole becomes the first ‘Prime Minister’ of Great Britain 1727 George II is crowned Key people Robert Walpole A major Georgian statesman, generally seen as Britain’s first Prime Minister