1714 Probability of a restoration of the Stuarts, 929 Council of Regency, 930 =Peaceful accession of the King=, 930 New Whig ministry, 931 =The Hanoverian succession a Whig triumph=, 931 Riots in the country, 931 1715 Impeachment of the late ministers, 932 =The Jacobite rebellion=, 932 Disaffection in Scotland, 933 Failure of the Jacobite hopes of French help, 933 Mar organizes the insurrection in Scotland, 934 Vigorous measures of the Government, 935 Mar's success in the Highlands, 935 Forster defeated at Preston, 936 Mar defeated at Sheriffmuir, 937 1716 The Pretender arrives, but shortly withdraws again, 937 Punishment of the rebels, 938 =The Septennial Act=, 938 =First signs of the disruption of the ministry=, 940 George goes to Hanover with Stanhope, 940 Negotiations with France, 940 Hanover threatened by Charles XII., 941 =Dismissal of Townshend=, 942 1717 =The Triple Alliance=, 942 =Stanhope's ministry=, 942 =Threatening state of Europe=, 942 Danger to England from Charles XII., 943 And from Alberoni, 944 1718 =The Quadruple Alliance=, 945 1719 Fall of Alberoni, 946 1720 European peace, 946 1717 =Stanhope's home policy=, 946 Constant opposition of Walpole, 946 Trial of Oxford, 947 1719 Repeal of the Schism Act, 947 Rejection of the Peerage Bill, 947 1720 Strength of the ministry. Walpole joins it, 948 =The South Sea Bubble=, 949 1711 Formation of the South Sea Company, 950 1720 The South Sea Scheme, 950 Competition of other companies, 951 The rage for stock-jobbing, 952 Bursting of the bubble, 953