How was The Kingdom of Great Britain Formed?
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Date: 2023-12-16
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knowledgia
Ultimately, the British state was put together for empire, not altruism, the key investors who lost in the failed Darien scheme were the people who received payment, not Scotland, whatever way you look at it, it was a bribe for those with a vote were lured into taking. The people of Scotland were not bailed out as is often claimed, they had no vote & would not have voted for union. Scots would have got through that difficult period as we always did, we would have ended up with a more diverse economy not relying on coal, steel & iron as the main stay of the economy though, that may have been part of it. Having a common bond with English people is not the same as having a common bond with the British state.
The overarching reason for union from an English perspective was Scotland's strategic value, to this day that is the main stay of union, we certainly didn't benefit much from oil & gas in the north sea off Scotland, it paid off UK debt & built the M25 whilst tradesmen like myself were leaving in our tens of thousands to work in London. That certainly didn't happen in Norway, their people weren't leaving in the tens of thousands & they have an oil fund, the UK people don't & the chancellor Nigel Lawson's justification for there being no oil fund absolutely summed up the Thatcher era, they turned Britain into a low wage low skill economy relying on access to debt & the dumbing down of engineering excellence, we'll just import all our skills? A piggin disgrace that has left the UK short of the very skills every competent nation requires. The Barnett formula was introduced just as oil & gas was starting to flow, people forget, or don't even understand, that was a buy off for using oil & gas to benefit the City of London usurpers. Further, Scotland has about 9% of the island of Britain's population but 30% of the land mass & 60% of the seas. It is clearly bound to take more public funds to manage these outlying communities & since close to 10% of the population are English, especially in dispersed in the outlying communities, it obviously isn't all beneficial for only Scots.
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Ultimately, the British state was put together for empire, not altruism, the key investors who lost in the failed Darien scheme were the people who received payment, not Scotland, whatever way you look at it, it was a bribe for those with a vote were lured into taking. The people of Scotland were not bailed out as is often claimed, they had no vote & would not have voted for union. Scots would have got through that difficult period as we always did, we would have ended up with a more diverse economy not relying on coal, steel & iron as the main stay of the economy though, that may have been part of it. Having a common bond with English people is not the same as having a common bond with the British state.
The overarching reason for union from an English perspective was Scotland's strategic value, to this day that is the main stay of union, we certainly didn't benefit much from oil & gas in the north sea off Scotland, it paid off UK debt & built the M25 whilst tradesmen like myself were leaving in our tens of thousands to work in London. That certainly didn't happen in Norway, their people weren't leaving in the tens of thousands & they have an oil fund, the UK people don't & the chancellor Nigel Lawson's justification for there being no oil fund absolutely summed up the Thatcher era, they turned Britain into a low wage low skill economy relying on access to debt & the dumbing down of engineering excellence, we'll just import all our skills? A piggin disgrace that has left the UK short of the very skills every competent nation requires. The Barnett formula was introduced just as oil & gas was starting to flow, people forget, or don't even understand, that was a buy off for using oil & gas to benefit the City of London usurpers. Further, Scotland has about 9% of the island of Britain's population but 30% of the land mass & 60% of the seas. It is clearly bound to take more public funds to manage these outlying communities & since close to 10% of the population are English, especially in dispersed in the outlying communities, it obviously isn't all beneficial for only Scots.
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-eh1702
This is sadly superficial stuff - oversimplified to the point of falsehood. The Scottish parliament only ratified the decision to replace James: decision was by the public in an early form of referendum. Glencoe is a brutal but small footnote among the brutalities in the formation of the UK. The Darien scheme was a response to blockades of international routes and ports by England to prevent Scottish trade, (despite sharing a monarch. It was not the Scottish state, which (unlike England-s) was fiscally solvent - it was private merchants and nobility that were ruined by it. These nobles, who were London courtiers and also Scottish parliamentarians, were the ones bribed to pass the unifying legislation - while the English army was mustered on the border.
Independence isn-t about past monarchies or whatever. And it hasn-t -crept- its way onto the agenda, it has been the major debate in Scotland since the 1970s. P. S. -highland- is not pronounced Hy - LAND.
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This is sadly superficial stuff - oversimplified to the point of falsehood. The Scottish parliament only ratified the decision to replace James: decision was by the public in an early form of referendum. Glencoe is a brutal but small footnote among the brutalities in the formation of the UK. The Darien scheme was a response to blockades of international routes and ports by England to prevent Scottish trade, (despite sharing a monarch. It was not the Scottish state, which (unlike England-s) was fiscally solvent - it was private merchants and nobility that were ruined by it. These nobles, who were London courtiers and also Scottish parliamentarians, were the ones bribed to pass the unifying legislation - while the English army was mustered on the border.
Independence isn-t about past monarchies or whatever. And it hasn-t -crept- its way onto the agenda, it has been the major debate in Scotland since the 1970s. P. S. -highland- is not pronounced Hy - LAND.
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knowledgia
I think what caused the union of England and Scotland was the financial collapse of New Caledonia Colony. When the colony collapsed Scotland owed France and Spain a lot of money that Scotland borrowed from them to finance the colony. Both France and Spain blockaded the ports of Scotland when Scotland defaulted on their loans, thus barring Scotland from engaging in international trade. Scotland came crying on their knees to England to help them secure their loans to France and Spain. England offered to secure Scotland's loans if they signed the Acts of Union, thus the birth of Great Britain.
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I think what caused the union of England and Scotland was the financial collapse of New Caledonia Colony. When the colony collapsed Scotland owed France and Spain a lot of money that Scotland borrowed from them to finance the colony. Both France and Spain blockaded the ports of Scotland when Scotland defaulted on their loans, thus barring Scotland from engaging in international trade. Scotland came crying on their knees to England to help them secure their loans to France and Spain. England offered to secure Scotland's loans if they signed the Acts of Union, thus the birth of Great Britain.
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-patrickduncan3637
They only merged because the English crown invaded and stole my country just as they did with their so called British empire colony's now look at them it's embarrassing being run with a government like that.
The sooner we get independent the better and for all you keyboard warriors away to say stuff don't bother it is what it is and I'm very patriotic and it's not all about money and politics it's about the principle of getting your country back
The Tyranny will end
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They only merged because the English crown invaded and stole my country just as they did with their so called British empire colony's now look at them it's embarrassing being run with a government like that.
The sooner we get independent the better and for all you keyboard warriors away to say stuff don't bother it is what it is and I'm very patriotic and it's not all about money and politics it's about the principle of getting your country back
The Tyranny will end
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-76ludlow
Interesting, but completely ignores the later -union- with Ireland that was accomplished by the buying off of an unrepresentative Protestant only parliament without even a pretence of consent from the vast Catholic Irish majority voteless population, creatring a -union- that offered nothing to them, and would be proven disastrous during the 1840s when an uncaring English parliament and government embarked on policies that were certainly genocidal.
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Interesting, but completely ignores the later -union- with Ireland that was accomplished by the buying off of an unrepresentative Protestant only parliament without even a pretence of consent from the vast Catholic Irish majority voteless population, creatring a -union- that offered nothing to them, and would be proven disastrous during the 1840s when an uncaring English parliament and government embarked on policies that were certainly genocidal.
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-sandrabrowne2350
It's only a matter of time these Islands will continue to reconfigure ie the end of the - Westminster Parliament - domination already happened with ROI. Brexit has set in motion new political realities whether it's Scottish independence or Irish reunification not a given but time will tell, these islands have experienced profound change in the past eg Norman invasion the British Empire didn't last as exemplified by American Independence!
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It's only a matter of time these Islands will continue to reconfigure ie the end of the - Westminster Parliament - domination already happened with ROI. Brexit has set in motion new political realities whether it's Scottish independence or Irish reunification not a given but time will tell, these islands have experienced profound change in the past eg Norman invasion the British Empire didn't last as exemplified by American Independence!
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-Stand663
The Campbell clan was utterly ruthless. They once in a battle with a rival clan slaughtered 16 thousand of them in a battle. They hanged their bodies on spikes and their blood drained into vast pools on the ground.
This why when the British empire needed muscle to fight wars, the Scots were always called upon. In Canada for instance, Scots loyalist regiments single handedly defeated the French and their American allies.
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The Campbell clan was utterly ruthless. They once in a battle with a rival clan slaughtered 16 thousand of them in a battle. They hanged their bodies on spikes and their blood drained into vast pools on the ground.
This why when the British empire needed muscle to fight wars, the Scots were always called upon. In Canada for instance, Scots loyalist regiments single handedly defeated the French and their American allies.
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-sojakia
Amazing video, A friend of mine referred me to a financial adviser sometime ago and we got talking about investment and money. I started investing with $120k and in the first 2 months, my portfolio was reading $274, 800. Crazy right, I decided to reinvest my profit and gets more interesting. For over a year we have been working together making consistent profit just bought my second home 2 weeks ago and care for my family.
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Amazing video, A friend of mine referred me to a financial adviser sometime ago and we got talking about investment and money. I started investing with $120k and in the first 2 months, my portfolio was reading $274, 800. Crazy right, I decided to reinvest my profit and gets more interesting. For over a year we have been working together making consistent profit just bought my second home 2 weeks ago and care for my family.
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-raumaankhan8795
It would be interesting had this union never happened for example Elizabeth the 1 had a child and took the English throne or maybe Lady Jane Grey had she not been executed and was still alive In 1603 succeeded the throne because she was next in line to the throne had she been alive I wonder how England would have been like if England and Scotland never reunited would it be better off
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It would be interesting had this union never happened for example Elizabeth the 1 had a child and took the English throne or maybe Lady Jane Grey had she not been executed and was still alive In 1603 succeeded the throne because she was next in line to the throne had she been alive I wonder how England would have been like if England and Scotland never reunited would it be better off
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knowledgia
As someone who is 50% Scottish and 50% English, it makes me sad to even think about Scotland leaving. But I felt sad about Brexit too. Hopefully a reformation of the House of Lords, being parallel to something like a Senate of more equiable representation of the unique identities (maybe England's own devolution even too) can remedy this from happening.
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As someone who is 50% Scottish and 50% English, it makes me sad to even think about Scotland leaving. But I felt sad about Brexit too. Hopefully a reformation of the House of Lords, being parallel to something like a Senate of more equiable representation of the unique identities (maybe England's own devolution even too) can remedy this from happening.
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-daviddack1595
It was forced upon us, Join or Die. They started with the Highland Clearance's, Still to this Day -London - England still think of Scotland as it's Back Door, Scotland Must Now Be Free, To join the EU, Take the Euro, Have free movement to live and work in the EU. And not made poor at the Wim of the Torrie's, ERG or Labour Now.
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It was forced upon us, Join or Die. They started with the Highland Clearance's, Still to this Day -London - England still think of Scotland as it's Back Door, Scotland Must Now Be Free, To join the EU, Take the Euro, Have free movement to live and work in the EU. And not made poor at the Wim of the Torrie's, ERG or Labour Now.
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knowledgia
13 seconds in and the opening statement is already wrong. Northern Ireland is not, and never was a part of Great Britain. Around the 10: 30 mark it also has the whole of Ireland incorporated into Great Britain and then Ireland as part of England in the graphics.
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13 seconds in and the opening statement is already wrong. Northern Ireland is not, and never was a part of Great Britain. Around the 10: 30 mark it also has the whole of Ireland incorporated into Great Britain and then Ireland as part of England in the graphics.
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-Andrew-lz4gs
Not a single mention of Wales or Ireland, Wales a country that was pillaged by England and forced to join. With the -Prince of Wales- Title being stripped from the actual prince of Wales and given to an englishmen as a sign of embarrassment
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Not a single mention of Wales or Ireland, Wales a country that was pillaged by England and forced to join. With the -Prince of Wales- Title being stripped from the actual prince of Wales and given to an englishmen as a sign of embarrassment
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-stuart8343
This is what happens when you get an American to research Scottish history - you get a cleansed, anglified version which cites the Darian scheme as the primary reason for the union of nations, yet completely ignores the Alien Act of 1705.
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This is what happens when you get an American to research Scottish history - you get a cleansed, anglified version which cites the Darian scheme as the primary reason for the union of nations, yet completely ignores the Alien Act of 1705.
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-anthonym3351
As an American I have no clue why Wales and Scotland enjoy being ruled by England. They're not famous countries as they will always be in the shadow of their rulers. Look at Ireland and how its prospered in recent years
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As an American I have no clue why Wales and Scotland enjoy being ruled by England. They're not famous countries as they will always be in the shadow of their rulers. Look at Ireland and how its prospered in recent years
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-bennevis1956
The people of 1707 never had a referendum to join to a union with England. Scotland should be Independent defacto. Also Ireland should be one Reunited nation. Northern Ireland is a part of Ireland.
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The people of 1707 never had a referendum to join to a union with England. Scotland should be Independent defacto. Also Ireland should be one Reunited nation. Northern Ireland is a part of Ireland.
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knowledgia
The Union is now a burst flush. A United Ireland and Independent Scotland is coming soon. You can blame BoJo the Clown and the Imperalist Xenophobic UK Government for this.
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The Union is now a burst flush. A United Ireland and Independent Scotland is coming soon. You can blame BoJo the Clown and the Imperalist Xenophobic UK Government for this.
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-rb. 5940
I'm an African and have an explanation.
James 5th of Scoth wanted to keep the old link between Great Britain isle (Scotland+Wales) and Brittany in actual France.
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I'm an African and have an explanation.
James 5th of Scoth wanted to keep the old link between Great Britain isle (Scotland+Wales) and Brittany in actual France.
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-YTSFACTS4444
Alot of murderr, rappee the bloodline out & oppression, that's how it was formed, we got the sneek peak to what England would do to the rest of the world.
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Alot of murderr, rappee the bloodline out & oppression, that's how it was formed, we got the sneek peak to what England would do to the rest of the world.
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-_ginock_
As a resident of England and growing up 1 hour from the Scottish border in the Lake Distract my school taught me nothing of this. Quite shameful really.
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As a resident of England and growing up 1 hour from the Scottish border in the Lake Distract my school taught me nothing of this. Quite shameful really.
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knowledgia
Yet in several Asian languages, they still use the same word to refer to England, British and UK(one that derives from the original word for England)
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Yet in several Asian languages, they still use the same word to refer to England, British and UK(one that derives from the original word for England)
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-iippo06
Nothing lasts forever. I'm sure not only the union will fall apart eventually, but the nations themselves. Then the process will begin all over again.
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Nothing lasts forever. I'm sure not only the union will fall apart eventually, but the nations themselves. Then the process will begin all over again.
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-TomTom-rh5gk
Scotland was conquered. They agreed to a union after a long period of genocide by the English against the Scots destroyed the Scottish people.
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Scotland was conquered. They agreed to a union after a long period of genocide by the English against the Scots destroyed the Scottish people.
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knowledgia
Im just trying to figure out why Scotland decided to give up on everything and form a colonial empire despite not being able to pay for one.
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Im just trying to figure out why Scotland decided to give up on everything and form a colonial empire despite not being able to pay for one.
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-TheBlaqOrder
Fun Fact:
Game of Throne's Red Wedding got it's inspiration from The Glencoe Massacre, amongst other famous deadly meals in history.
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Fun Fact:
Game of Throne's Red Wedding got it's inspiration from The Glencoe Massacre, amongst other famous deadly meals in history.
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knowledgia
Why do the yanks refuse to acknowledge the UK correctly? Most of this video shows 'England' spanning across Ireland and Wales. Shmuck!
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Why do the yanks refuse to acknowledge the UK correctly? Most of this video shows 'England' spanning across Ireland and Wales. Shmuck!
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-garymacdonald7165
South East USA (Virginia/Carolina etc) is the bit of Scotland that moved over to USA in the Ice age! They are both identical!
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South East USA (Virginia/Carolina etc) is the bit of Scotland that moved over to USA in the Ice age! They are both identical!
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knowledgia
I do believe eventually Scotland will get it's independence from England, Wales and Norther Ireland to become the Scottish republic.
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I do believe eventually Scotland will get it's independence from England, Wales and Norther Ireland to become the Scottish republic.
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knowledgia
What's perfectly ironic will be an Indian and a Pakistani negotiating the dissolution if it happens. The partition of Briton
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What's perfectly ironic will be an Indian and a Pakistani negotiating the dissolution if it happens. The partition of Briton
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