 As a result, in August 1714, James's second cousin, the Elector of Hanover, George Louis, a German-speaking Protestant who was the closest Protestant relative of the now deceased Queen Anne, became king of the recently created Kingdom of Great Britain as George I. James denounced him, noting "we have beheld a foreign family, aliens to our country, distant in blood, and strangers even to our language, ascend the throne".Following George's coronation in October 1714, major riots broke out in provincial England.The following year, Jacobites started uprisings in Scotland and Cornwall aimed at putting "James III and VIII" on the throne.