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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 ban
by graeme 10y ago
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_perspective https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1707#Scottish_pe...
- teh_klev 10y agoDarien 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-mythology-and-the-darien-scheme/ http://wingsoverscotland.com/weekend-essay-skintland-britnat...
- graeme 10y agoI 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.