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THE ACT OF SETTLEMENT - 1701


 

The Act of Settlement is a British document. It was an add-on to the British Bill of Rights, 1689.

 

The Act of Settlement of 1701 established the Hanoverian succession to the British throne.

 

See also Governments in History

 

 


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