Arbroath, Pre-Union Scotland & the Act of Union Flashcards
What is the Declaration of Arbroath?
A protonationalist declaration drafted in Latin and signed by 39 Members of the nobility in 1320
After 1328
The Stuarts was the reigning family
The Orkney & Shetland islands
Became Scottish in 1472
What was part of the ‘Auld Alliance’ strategy in 1512?
Scotland attacked England
1513
Battle of Flodden (Northumbria)
Mary Stuart, 1558 & 1559
Married François II & became Queen of France while being Queen of Scotland
Calvinist Reformation
Led by John Knox in 1559
End of the ‘Auld Alliance’
1560
As a Catholic Queen, what happened to Mary?
Was forced to abdicate at 25, emprisoned in Scot and Eng
1587
Mary Stuart executed by Elizabeth Ist
James VI
Conviced of the Divine rights of kings
1603
James VI became James I of England
The Gunpowder plot on 5th November 1605
A Catholic conspiracy organized by Guy Fawkes
The 1707 Act of Union
- military / strategic reasons for Eng
- economic reasons for the Scots
- new market for Scotland
Results?
Profoundly changed the Lowlands but the Highlands weren’t really affected by the Union