HIST 3501 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Flag Of Scotland, Flag Of Wales, Protestantism
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Union would happen between england and scotland in 1707, but a flurry of events would lead up to this. The chaos was pending upon what would happen when anne died in terms of the succession. There was james ii in france and his offspring ready to come back and claim his throne, with the backing of france. Thus, england was worried about catholic stuarts back on the throne. Stuart sympathies would thus divide britain, especially in scotland. In the highlands, there were the jacobites supporting the stuart line for many reasons. They were concerned about maintaining a scottish monarch on the throne. In 1704, scottish parliament asserts its right as an independent nation to choose its own monarch. Parliament then said that they could wait, and not take whoever england took to be their monarch. From 1603 on, they had been seen as normal citizens.
