How seriously did the Jacobite Rebellions of 1715 and 1745 threaten to overthrow the Hanoverian regime 
How seriously did the Jacobite Rebellions of 1715 and 1745 threaten to overthrow the Hanoverian regime? In 1715 and 1745, the Jacobite led Scottish uprisings against the English throne.
Although a strong motive for these uprisings were the Treaty of Union, their ultimate goal was to take the English throne in order to decide Scotland’s political direction. In order to make a judgment on whether these rebellions stood a realistic chance of success one must not only examine the strength of the rebellions themselves but also the popularity of the Hanoverian regime and whether it was weak to the point where it could be overthrown by a, although sizable, minority which was almost exclusively
Scottish.
The question must first be met by the most obvious argument; were the military actions taken by the Jacobites strong enough to pose a serious threat. Despite the initial success of the 1745 rebellion in Derby, the Jacobites began their retreat back to
Scotland two days later.The army was led by Charles Edward Stuart also known as
Bonnie Prince Charlie. His decision to retreat was made on the deliberately misleading report from an English spy that an army of 9,000 awaited them on the route to London.
His weak leadership and poor decisionmaking is a major cause to the military failure of the 1745 rebellion. His military experience being limited to watching a sixday siege over a small town in Italy at the age of 13 in addition to refusing to work through a council of war and to delegate power to his fieldcommanders, one is not surprised that his poor decision making played a significant role in the failure of this rebellion. Similarly, in the rebellion of 1715, poor leadership again plays a major role in its failure. Being led by the
Earl of Mar, the Jacobites did not use the advantage of having a significantly larger army. For a month after taking Inverness and Perth, the army stayed there and made no progress. No reliable provisioning was
Although a strong motive for these uprisings were the Treaty of Union, their ultimate goal was to take the English throne in order to decide Scotland’s political direction. In order to make a judgment on whether these rebellions stood a realistic chance of success one must not only examine the strength of the rebellions themselves but also the popularity of the Hanoverian regime and whether it was weak to the point where it could be overthrown by a, although sizable, minority which was almost exclusively
Scottish.
The question must first be met by the most obvious argument; were the military actions taken by the Jacobites strong enough to pose a serious threat. Despite the initial success of the 1745 rebellion in Derby, the Jacobites began their retreat back to
Scotland two days later.The army was led by Charles Edward Stuart also known as
Bonnie Prince Charlie. His decision to retreat was made on the deliberately misleading report from an English spy that an army of 9,000 awaited them on the route to London.
His weak leadership and poor decisionmaking is a major cause to the military failure of the 1745 rebellion. His military experience being limited to watching a sixday siege over a small town in Italy at the age of 13 in addition to refusing to work through a council of war and to delegate power to his fieldcommanders, one is not surprised that his poor decision making played a significant role in the failure of this rebellion. Similarly, in the rebellion of 1715, poor leadership again plays a major role in its failure. Being led by the
Earl of Mar, the Jacobites did not use the advantage of having a significantly larger army. For a month after taking Inverness and Perth, the army stayed there and made no progress. No reliable provisioning was