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Jacobite Rebellion
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Jacobite Rebellion
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the Brit History
1. (Historical Terms) the unsuccessful Jacobite rising of 1715 led by James Francis Edward Stuart
2. (Historical Terms) the last Jacobite rising (1745-46) led by Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender, which after initial successes was crushed at Culloden
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The span of 70 years also saw the signing of the Act of Union in 1707 and the unsuccessful Jacobite rising of 1715.
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