Forward and Backward

Rationale
This is an a timeline in which the world is more advanced technologically but more primitive politically than OTL. There are two Points Of Divergence:

1. King James II of England has only one child.

2. James Watt is sent to school at the age of six.

Timeline
Late 1687 - POD#1: King James II fails to conceive a child with Mary of Modena. He also fails to conceive any more children at all over the rest of his life. Hence there is no Jacobite Succession, but there is a Protestant Stuart Succession.

1688 - No Glorious Revolution,

1689 - No Bill Of Rights. Prince William, Duke of Gloucester, born to Princess Anne.

1700 - Prince William does not die.

1701 - Act of Settlement states that no Non-Conformist or Catholic can inherit the throne and no member of the Royal Family may marry a Catholic or Non-Conformist.

1702 - James II of England dies and is succeeded by Queen Anne.

1707 - Act Of Union between England and Scotland.

1714 - Queen Anne dies and is succeeded by William III, her son (not William of Orange).

1736 - James Watt born.

1742 - POD#2: Following advice from a family friend, James Watt is sent to school. He fails to make his observation of the kettle or speculate at leisure on it and goes on to become a mere instrument maker without improving the design of the steam engine.

1756 - A brief war between Prussia and Austria breaks out and Prussia loses out, becoming part of the Russian Empire.