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All Germans and Swiss emigrating to the colonies will be awarded transportation subsidies and land, provided they are not Catholic.

The King wanted colonists for the American colonies, but did not want Roman Catholics.

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Whereas the number of papists are very considerable in this kingdom, and it has been found that they have occasioned frequent rebellions, papists shall pay double the sum paid by protestants for support of the militia.

In this extraordinary act, the people who are persecuted are made to pay extra taxes to facilitate their persecution

George I

No person of the popish religion shall be high constable in any county, barony, or half-barony, or petty constable in any manor, ward, parish, constable-wick, or place within this kingdom.

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George I

Born: May 28, 1660
Died: June 11, 1727
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George I was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1 August 1714 and ruler of the Duchy and Electorate of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) within the Holy Roman Empire from 23 January 1698 until his death in 1727. He was the first British monarch of the House of Hanover.

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