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CHAPTER XVII.
HOUSE OF HANOVER.—1714 TO 1830.
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DEATH OF GENERAL WOLFE.
1. When Queen Anne died, the crown of England went to a German prince, named George, the elector or sovereign of Hanover, whose mother was grand-daughter of James the First.
2. He was rather advanced in age, and being a stranger to the manners of the people, and to