Anne

(1664-1714), Queen of Great Britain from 1702 to 1714. in 1704 a proclamation of Queen Anne, regarding the colonial currency, ordered a uniform scale of legalized depreciation in the colonial coinage system. A proclamation of Queen Anne in 1713 forced the slave trade upon the colonies, England having been granted the monopoly of this trade under the provisions of the Treaty of Utrecht. (See Queen Anne's War.)