HIST 383 Chapter Notes - Chapter reading: Daniel Defoe
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Scottish politicians voted in the winter of 1706-1707 to abandon their own parliament and the sovereignty that was enshrined. The future of the union hung in the balance due to its failure to deliver the material benefits its promoters had promised. By 1709 daniel defoe brought out his history of the. Union, which drew on many of his pamphlets and other contributions to public debate in the years preceding. There were 32 recipients who received 20,000 pounds from london in 1706 - allegedly to ease the passage of the union through scottish parliament. By the end of the 18th century, the union was generally seen as having been beneficial (commerce) Even before the terms of the 1707 treaty were settled, the seeds of an anti-london government, anti-union critique had been sown. It was nourished by widespread dissatisfaction about scotland"s treatment within the union.
