HIST 383 Lecture 14: Great Scot!
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The british problem: multiple identities of britishness in the isles. 1707: vote themselves out of resistance; vote to unite kingdom of scotland with eng- land. Scottish national party may hold a referendum at one point in the 21st century, to see if people want independence. In 18th c, there was a union fever among elites; want to unify scotland and england. Scotland had its own king; but since 1603 same king of scotland was king of england (james vi of scotland, i of england and ireland) Restored to its ancient status as an independent nation with charles ii. Through multiple kingships, were able to play one kingdom against the other. Exclusion crisis: charles could manipulate scottish parliament to pass a succession act allowing james to be the next king; he raised prospect of war between the kingdoms. If exclusion bill had gone through; war! People didn"t want war; prevented the exclusion crisis --> fear of going back to civil war.
