England’s Domination of Scotland England’s attempts to subjugate and annex Scotland continued almost non-stop from the end of the 13th century to the beginning of the 18th century when they were officially united in 1707. In 1295,the Scottish King John entered into an alliance with France, known as the “Auld Alliance,” which was enough reason for King Edward I of England to invade Scotland in 1296 and to depose King John. The following year, the Scottish patriots William Wallace and Andrew de Moray raised forces to resist the English occupation and they defeated an English army at the Battle of Stirling Bridge, but Edward attacked Scotland again and defeated Wallace at the Battle of Falkirk (1298). Wallace escaped, but, in 1305 he fell into the hands of the English, who executed and quartered him into four pieces. Since then, England has constantly asserted her domination of Scotland through invasions and occupation (1306, 1314, 1329, 1547 and 1650), with intrigues and plots, and by suffocating Scotland with trade protectionism and boycotting which kept Scot traders out of many countries (e.g. the English Navigation Acts). English brutality against Scotland is epitomized by the execution and quartering of William Wallace in 1305 by Edward I and by the execution of Marry Queen of Scots in 1587 by Elizabeth I.
Posted on: Thu, 01 Jan 2015 20:44:07 +0000
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