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| 1716 |
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| Bank of England debt to be paid as a result of Sinking Fund Act. | 1 |
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| 1716 |
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| Septennial Act, partly as a reaction to Jacobite risings, prolonged Parliament's life to seven years. | 2 |
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| 1717 |
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| First Freemasons' Lodge in England founded. | 3 |
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| 1718 |
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| Quadruple alliance among Britain, France, the Holy Roman Em-pire, and Holland (See 1718, Aug. 2). | 4 |
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| 1718 |
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| Wool export forbidden. | 5 |
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| 1719, Jan |
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| Repeal of the Occasional Conformity Act and the Schism Act. | 6 |
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| 1719 |
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| Treaty of Stockholm. Sweden ceded Bremen and Verdun to George I (as elector of Hanover) for 1 million rix dollars. | 7 |
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| 1720 |
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| Bubble Act prohibited the development of joint-stock companies without a royal charter or act of Parliament. This act was the direct result of the influence in Parliament of the South Sea Company, which sought to eliminate rivals. | 8 |
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| Feb |
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| Spain joined the Quadruple Alliance, making peace with Great Britain (See 1718, Aug. 2). | 9 |
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