scotland became part of the union in 1707.
scotland became part of the union in 1707.
when did scotland become part of the union?
1707
bullet::::- act of union 1707, england and scotland become great britain, scottish representation at westminster, scots private law and courts continue









































bullet::::- 1715 and 1745, jacobite risings









































bullet::::- south sea bubble of 1720, first stock market collapse









































bullet::::- robert walpole, considered first "prime minister" (1721-1742)









































bullet::::- baron de montesquieu, "the spirit of the laws" (1748)









































bullet::::- american revolution 1776









































bullet::::- first fleet to australia 1787









































bullet::::- union with ireland act 1800









































bullet::::- 1829, catholic emancipation









































bullet::::- chartism. great reform act 1832









































bullet::::- representation of the people act 1867









































bullet::::- walter bagehot, "the english constitution" (1867)
united kingdom constitutional law
in 1502, james iv of scotland signed the treaty of perpetual peace with henry vii of england. he also married henry's daughter, margaret tudor, setting the stage for the union of the crowns. for henry, the marriage into one of europe's most established monarchies gave legitimacy to the new tudor royal line. a decade later, james made the fateful decision to invade england in support of france under the terms of the auld alliance. he was the last british monarch to die in battle, at the battle of flodden. within a generation the auld alliance was ended by the treaty of edinburgh. france agreed to withdraw all land and naval forces. in the same year, 1560, john knox realised his goal of seeing scotland become a protestant nation and the scottish parliament revoke papal authority in scotland. mary, queen of scots, a catholic and former queen of france, was forced to abdicate in 1567.
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