Project Gutenberg 2011-07-09 Public domain in the USA. 130 Defoe, Daniel 1731 Defo, Daniel John, Gabriel Moreton, Andrew Defoë, Daniel An Answer to a Question that Nobody thinks of, viz., But what if the Queen should Die? Produced by Steven Gibbs, Linda Cantoni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. In memory of Steven Gibbs (1938-2009). "An Answer to a Question that Nobody thinks of, viz., But what if the Queen…?" by Daniel Defoe is a political pamphlet written in the early 18th century. This work addresses the concerns regarding the stability of the Protestant succession in Britain in light of the Queen's mortality. Defoe aims to provoke thought on the implications for the nation's future if the Queen were to die, particularly concerning the potential rise of the Jacobite cause and Catholic influence. In this pamphlet, Defoe systematically examines the political landscape of his time, arguing that while the current government operates under the premise of loyalty to the Queen, there exists a significant level of uncertainty and risk regarding the Protestant succession. He highlights the dangers posed by both internal factions and foreign powers, emphasizing that the death of the Queen could lead to chaos, contestations for the throne, and potentially the re-emergence of a Catholic monarchy. Defoe's exploration serves as both a warning and a call to action for his contemporaries, urging them to consider strategies for safeguarding their religious and civil liberties in light of the Queen's inevitable mortality. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 42.1 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1702-1714 DA Text Category: History - British Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) Category: Politics 78272 2025-09-15T04:43:29.256313 text/html 74304 2011-07-09T17:11:44 text/html 136071 2025-09-15T04:43:35.015246 application/epub+zip 134832 2025-09-15T04:43:32.717255 application/epub+zip 86765 2025-09-15T04:43:31.527262 application/epub+zip 356159 2025-09-15T04:43:36.666297 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 348419 2025-09-15T04:43:34.252240 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 98475 2022-09-16T16:53:36.451657 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 71727 2025-09-15T04:43:28.994267 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 71577 2011-07-09T17:11:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18637 2025-09-15T04:43:36.784295 application/rdf+xml 26081 2025-09-15T04:43:32.017259 image/jpeg 4746 2025-09-15T04:43:31.772303 image/jpeg 26861 2011-07-09T17:11:44 application/octet-stream application/zip 25886 2011-07-09T17:11:44 application/octet-stream application/zip 136092 2025-09-15T04:43:29.264278 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia