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By
Hamish MacPherson
BACK IN THE DAY
An archivist at The National Archives of Scotland, in Edinburgh, looks over the Act of Union of the Scottish Parliament, which dates back to January 16, 1707
IN this second of two columns on the Act of Union, I will show how the British Empire was founded on several articles of the Union, how England was favoured by most of the Articles, and I will end with a suggestion on how we Scots can put an end to the Union.
One of the principal drivers for Scottish participation in the Union was trade. The growing mercantile classes in Scotland were desperate to have access to parts of the world that had hitherto been for England-only trade, a restriction which was enforced by the Royal Navy. It is wrong to say that Scotland had no “navy” of its own in 1707, but it was minuscule compared to the Royal Navy. Scotland had a growing number of trading ships and the protection ....

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