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From: "Bill Howard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2001 1:53 PM
Subject: Re: [CTRL] Reptoids and illegal drugs
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> In a message dated 6/30/01 1:35:57 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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> << and became james 1st of england. >>
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> Yes, thats correct. Of England, i.e., english.
LOL he was scotlands monarch and became the monarch of scotland and
england.... but granted, it didn't last... and yeah- england is the big
country in the united kingdom. but already scotland is finding with it';s
own enhanced administration that life is better without the burden of
england dictating social law. as i paste below- it was the english that
wanted scotland to be part of them, rather than us pushing for it.
Just as the present day Queen,
> a Windsor, is from a family that was German.
she's not, is she? LOL
btw- you ought to read some of david ickes (faintly plageristic) nonsense
about the hapsburgs et al. you are a fan of his, arentcha?
but back to the union act...
this from www.scotlandspast.com showing how, yes, scotland gets fucked by
the english at every available turn, but mostly because the powers in
scotland so willingly bend over.
(1707)
There had already been several schemes for the uniting of Scotland and
England during the 17th century, these occurred in 1606, 1667, 1670 and 1689
but on every occasion they failed. From the English point of view there was
little to be gained in a union and the Scots did not wish to become the
minor partner who would probably be swallowed up by the much larger England.
In fact it was the English who had a change of heart first. They were at war
with France, yet again, and Louis XIV recognised the Catholic James VIII,
'the Young Pretender', as the rightful heir to both the English and Scottish
thrones. The English would not have this. By the Act of Settlement it was
decided that if Queen Anne should die childless, her only son had died in
1701, then the crown would pass to Sophia of Hanover, a cousin of Charles I.
The Scots refused to agree to this and passed a series of acts that were
hostile to England. The most important of these was the Act of Security in
which the Scottish Parliament would have the power to nominate a successor
to Anne within 20 days of her death and that the successor did not
necessarily have to be from the House of Hanover. This raised the
possibility of a separate Scottish monarchy, and also it raised the spectre
of the Auld Alliance again, this worried England greatly. Scottish soldiers
were important in the army and the English were embroiled in the War of
Spanish Succession. Anne did not immediately sign the Act of Security and
the Scottish Parliament withheld the supply of Scottish soldiers until she
backed down.
By 1704 Scotland was moving towards more independence rather than union
while Anne and her English government were trying to bring the two countries
closer together. The English moved first by putting pressure on Scotland
with the Alien Act of 1705. In this Act the Scots were given until Christmas
Day to accept the Hanoverian succession or they were to appoint
commissioners to negotiate a union. If neither action was taken Scots would
be treated as aliens in England, threatening property held by Scots there,
and trade with England and her colonies would be destroyed. Money suddenly
became available to Scottish MP's to support union. In a poorly attended
Scottish Parliament it was decided to appoint the commissioners to negotiate
a union. The discussions began in April 1706 and were largely completed by
July. Although there were huge protests when the terms of the union were
published it was passed by a large majority by the Scottish Parliament on
16th January 1707. By the terms of the Act Scotland and England were to
become one country. Anne became Queen of Great Britain and the throne passed
to the House of Hanover on her death. There was also economic union with
free trade on both sides of the border. Scotland was given only 45 seats in
the House of Commons and 16 seats in the House of Lords. What can only be
described as a bribe of �398,085-10s English pounds was paid by England as
compensation for Scotland now taking on part of England's national debt. It
was also intended to repay those who had lost money investing in the Darien
scheme, which failed partly due to English interference. Scotland was to
keep its legal system and Kirk.
On 28th April 1707 the last Scottish Parliament (until 1999) was dissolved
by the last Scottish monarch.
Already in 1708 the agreements of the union were beginning to be broken by
the English. The Scottish Privy Council was abolished which left Scotland
with little in the way of national administration. Following this other Acts
were introduced which fed Scottish fears that their country was becoming a
poor northern cousin of powerful England. The same treason laws were
introduced in both countries, this was an obvious interference in the
Scottish legal system. In 1712 the Toleration Act was introduced allowing
greater freedom to Scottish Episcopalians. The Patronage Act was also
introduced in 1712 which reversed the abolition of patrongae which had
occured in 1690. By this Act the selection of ministers to the Church was
decided by the nobles and the Crown, in practice this Act caused a great
deal of friction between the Church and the Crown. The Board of Trustees for
Fisheries and Manufactures was set up in 1727 and included gentlemen,
lawyers and merchants. It was given a budget of �6000 a year with which it
was to promote growth in the Scottish economy, the budget was tiny and the
Board overextended itself from the beginning. By 1724 and 1736 there were
anti-English riots in Edinburgh and Glasgow.
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