Arbroath, Pre-Union Scotland & the Act of Union

Question 1

What is the Declaration of Arbroath?

Answer 1

A protonationalist declaration drafted in Latin and signed by 39 Members of the nobility in 1320

Question 2

After 1328

Answer 2

The Stuarts was the reigning family

Question 3

The Orkney & Shetland islands

Answer 3

Became Scottish in 1472

Question 4

What was part of the ‘Auld Alliance’ strategy in 1512?

Answer 4

Scotland attacked England

Question 5

1513

Answer 5

Battle of Flodden (Northumbria)

Question 6

Mary Stuart, 1558 & 1559

Answer 6

Married François II & became Queen of France while being Queen of Scotland

Question 7

Calvinist Reformation

Answer 7

Led by John Knox in 1559

Question 8

End of the ‘Auld Alliance’

Answer 8

1560

Question 9

As a Catholic Queen, what happened to Mary?

Answer 9

Was forced to abdicate at 25, emprisoned in Scot and Eng

Question 10

1587

Answer 10

Mary Stuart executed by Elizabeth Ist

Question 11

James VI

Answer 11

Conviced of the Divine rights of kings

Question 12

1603

Answer 12

James VI became James I of England

Question 13

The Gunpowder plot on 5th November 1605

Answer 13

A Catholic conspiracy organized by Guy Fawkes

Question 14

The 1707 Act of Union

Answer 14

• military / strategic reasons for Eng
• economic reasons for the Scots
• new market for Scotland

Question 15

Results?

Answer 15

Profoundly changed the Lowlands but the Highlands weren’t really affected by the Union