The aim of the conspirators was a new Jacobite rising , to coincide with the general election expected in 1722 , this date being foreseen .
By the Septennial Act of 1716 parliament was enabled to sit for seven years after the election of 1715 .
The aim of the conspirators was a new Jacobite rising , to coincide with the general election expected in 1722 , this date being foreseen because by the Septennial Act of 1716 parliament was enabled to sit for seven years after the election of 1715 .