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    The Jacobites were in Scotland,Ireland and England{not sure about Wales), but the Jacobite name ,how did it originate?

    what is the origin of the Jacobite name?

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       The movement took its name from Jacobus, the Renaissance Latin form of Iacomus, the original Latin form of James. Adherents rebelled against the British government on several occasions between 1688 and 1746.

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