Scottish Parliament Backs Independence Vote and Defies U.K

Re:Scottish Parliament Backs Independence Vote and Defies U.K by graeme on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @07:22PM (#13981805)

I don't think it was conquest. King James VI of Scotland inherited the English throne in 1606. Then, in 1707, after the ruinous failure of the Darien scheme bankrupted Scotland, both political establishments supported the act of Union.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707#Scottish_pe...

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Re:Scottish Parliament Backs Independence Vote and Defies U.K by teh_klev on Tuesday March 28, 2017 @07:54PM (#13982019)

Darien might have been a mess, but there's far more to the story than just that. England was an actively hostile suitor to Scotland:

http://wingsoverscotland.com/weekend-essay-skintland-britnat...

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Re:Scottish Parliament Backs Independence Vote and Defies U.K by graeme on Wednesday March 29, 2017 @01:23AM (#13983660)

I didn't meant to suggest it was amicable. Or even popularly supported on the Scottish side (it wasn't). I just meant it didn't happen due to a war of conquest.

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