Q1. What was life like in the Highlands of Scotland? Q2.Who was Bonnie Prince Charlie and why was he so important? Q3.Why was there a Jacobite.

Q1. What was life like in the Highlands of Scotland?

Q2. Who was Bonnie Prince Charlie and why was he so important?

Q3. Why was there a Jacobite Rebellion in 1745?

Skills – using a family tree

- brainstorming (cooperative work)

- selecting and ordering key facts

- identifying 2 points of view

William III

Mary II

Anne

James II

Charles Edward Stuart

James Stuart

Bonnie Prince Charlie

It all depends on your point of

view

Family History• A Stuart who

wanted to be King of Britain

• A grandson of James II who had been king of Scotland and England

• 1688 James II was removed from the throne

Charles Edward Stuart

• James II became a Roman Catholic• 1688 2nd wife had a son• Son to be brought up as a Catholic• Parliament angry since

this would mean another Catholic King in a mainly Protestant country

• Glorious Revolution saw James II replaced by his Protestant daughter (Mary II) & son in law (William III)

Stuart Family History

Roman Catholic

Protestant start

Parent & aunts & uncles

grandfather

Great grandfather

1714 Queen Anne died with no heir

ProblemWho was next in line

who was not a Catholic?

Reaction of Catholics

James The ‘Old

Pretender’

James Stuart

should be next

His father was

robbed of his throne

He is a CatholicIt’s not

fair

We should help him get his throne

Supporters called Jacobites

The 1715 Rebellion

Charlie’s Dad : Saw an opportunity to gain the throne in 1715

Raised the Flag in

Aberdeenshire

Landed in Peterhead

22nd December 1715

Bonnie Prince Charlie

The Government saw him as an ‘Enemy

of the State’

What makes a Terrorist?

Belief in a Cause

Change the World

Revenge

Money & Power

Personal Mission

Destiny calling

Take over the World

Romantic Notions

Could Charles Edward Stuart be judged to be a terrorist?

Bonnie Prince Charlie

Task

Enemy of the State

1. Full Name Surname:First Names:

2. Date of Birth: Place of Birth:

Use information sheet to copy and complete the following on a new page in jotter

Enemy of the State

1. Full Name Surname:First Names:

2. Date of Birth: Place of Birth:

3. Parents Father:

Mother:

4. Age on 22th July 1745:

5. Languages Spoken By Him:

6. Experience of War:

7. Hobbies:

8. Brief Account Of His Character:

The Jacobites March South

At Glenfinnan 1,100 Clansmen

support the rebellion

Rebels quicklymarch south and

capture Edinburgh

Little Jacobitesupport in Lowlands.

Jacobites defeatedGeneral Cope’s army

at Prestonpans

Jacobite army

grows to 5,000 men

and invades England

Bonnie Prince Charlie

The Jacobites Stop at Derby

Statue of Charles Edward Stuart in

DerbyCharles wanted the throne of England - “All the rest is brown bread”

127 miles from

London

Why invade England when he had Scotland?

Statue of Charles Edward Stuart in

Derby

A Decision To Be Made

Play – what was decided?

Decision at Derby

For a Retreat

Lord George Murray

Cameron of Lochiel

MacDonald of Keppoch

Against a Retreat

No defeat since Prestonpans

The clansmen

are deserting

The people will accept

my father as their true

King

Men worried about

families and might be cut

off from home

Two governmen

t armies against us

Little support

in England

Retreat !

Duke of Cumberland

The Leader of the Government Troops

Son of King George

Back from fighting successfully the

Austrians

Retrained soldiers with new

bayonet drill

WantedBonnie Prince

Charlie

Dead or Alive

£30,000 RewardThis man is highly dangerous.

Approach with caution OR report his sighting to the nearest sheriff.

This man may have changed his appearance

BEWARE

Task – Design a ‘Wanted’ poster for Bonnie Prince Charlie

Q1. What was life like in the Highlands of Scotland?

Q2. Who was Bonnie Prince Charlie and why was he so important?

Q3. Why was there a Jacobite Rebellion in 1745?

Skills – using a family tree

- brainstorming (cooperative work)

- selecting and ordering key facts

- identifying 2 points of view