The legislative war 1701-05 Flashcards
When was response to attack 1 - Act of security passed and what did it do?
13 August 1703 — stated that the Scottish parliament had the right to decide on Queen Anne’s successor and that England and Scotland couldn’t have the same monarch unless the London parliament granted them free trade with English and American colonies and the end to English interference in Scottish affairs
Queen’s Anne response to Act of security
She initially refused to give her assent to a legislation which could potentially lead the return of the old pretender - James Edward Stuart - to the throne
What did Tom Devine argue about the act of security?
“I this read like a manifesto of independence and was intended to be deliberately provocative”
When did the act of Security become law?
In 1704, when the Scottish parliament refused to raise taxes and sough to withdraw troops from Duke of Malborough’s army in the war of the Spanish succession unless royal assent was given
When was response to attack 2 - act anent peace and war passed and what did it do?
This was passed in 1703, as a result that England had declared Scotland was at war with France. This gave the Scottish parliament the right to declare war and make peace independent from the English parliament if Scotland and England continued to share a monarchy after the death of Queen Anne
When was response to attack 3- wine act passed and what did it do?
In 1703, which stated Scots could legally import French wine even though England was at with France
Why did the English see the wine act as a threat
- this was to aim to raise revenue by boosting trade but it was Seen as an attack to the English because it allowed Scottish trades to support France — England’s greatest enemy
When was response to attack 3 - wool act passed and what did it do?
In 1704, it allowed the export of wool but prohibited the import of wool
English view on the wool act
This was seen as openly aggressive to English trade but Queen Anne only gave her assent because she needed the Scottish parliament to fund her war with France
How did the English respond to the legislations passed by the Scots ?
James Douglas, the 2nd lost his position as Queen Anne’s top governor because of what happened in Scottish parliament in 1703 and for not being able to control it
- the acts passed by Scotland only seemed to prove to the English that Scotland was acting like an unreliable rogue nation
What was the Worcester affair and when did it happen ?
In 1704, the Worcester, the English trading vessel was captured by the Darien company
- Scottish authorities captured the Captain, Thomas Green and seventeen others for an act of piracy and executed them even though the charges were nonsensical
When were English Worcester sailors executed and where
11 April 1705 on Leith sands in front if a huge crowd of 80,000
What was the Worcester affair a response to?
Revenge for the east India company seizing a ship belonging to the company of Scotland
Queen Anne’s response to Worcester affair
She was furious and England had won a major victory against France in the battle of Blenheim August 1704
- she passed the alien act in February 1705 which threatened to treat all Scots as foreigners in England
- key Scottish trade with England in cattle, linen, coal and sheep was banned unless negotiations for a full union started by 25 December 1705
What would a full union settle?
Settle the succession and end the difficulties of managing the Scottish parliament as it would cease to exist
