So, many NO voters believe that the Union (two Acts of Parliament: the Union with Scotland Act 1706 passed by the Parliament of England) was an amicable decision where we all sat round a table and though hear, you what would be funny... Quite the opposite, really and if you read carefully (meant for the trolls who dont) you will see that the subject matter of the report pre-dates the act of union and that the CEC decides how the money is divided up. Unfairly, as we already know; however as we no know (some of already did) the act of union was no marriage, a forced one at best to the ugly bird next door, but not something that was VOTED on...but here comes the history: At the time of her accession, Queen Anne was the last living descendant of Charles I; her only child to survive past infancy, the Duke of Gloucester, had died in 1700. The succession aspect of the Claim of Right Act which had ensured her succession (and that of the Bill of Rights by which she succeeded in England) would therefore lapse on her death. The English Parliament had already found a solution to this by passing the Act of Settlement, which named Sophia, Electress of Hanover, the next-senior descendant of James I (VI of Scotland), as heiress after Anne. The Estates of Scotland had made no such provision, so there was no heir to the Scottish throne. In 1703 the Estates passed a Bill reserving to themselves the right to choose the monarch from among the Protestant descendants of the Kings of Scots in the event of Annes death without issue, but stating that this would not be the same person as succeeded to the English throne unless the independence of Scotland as a separate Kingdom could be assured. (you see where Im going with this) Royal Assent to the Bill was initially withheld, but after the Scots threatened to withdraw their troops presently engaged in the War of the Spanish Succession it was passed in 1704, becoming known as the Act of Security. The Parliament of England then passed the Alien Act 1705, which stopped all Scottish exports to England and English colonies, and enacted that Scots would be treated as foreigners in England, with severe consequences for the inheritance of Scottish-owned property in England. (this is already being discussed again, weird eh?) The Alien Act also said that these measures would not be enacted if the Act of Security was repealed or if Scotland entered into parliamentary union with England. The latter eventually took place with the passage of the Act of Union, and Scotland became part of the Kingdom of Great Britain on 1 May 1707....mores the pity and the blood line continues, if Scotland wanted to keep a monarchy that was true in lineage, it could, it shouldnt, but it could and Westminster still, after all these years benefits greatly from the very bedrock of Scottish foundations.
Posted on: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 21:47:13 +0000
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