Did England Colonise Scotland? | Gender Recognition Bill & Independence

Описание: What would happen if you got England and Scotland drunk, put them in a bag and gave the bag a shake? Your answer is in this video. (bibliography below)

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It's fair to say that England and Scotland have not always been best mates. From Hadrian's Wall to the Independence Referendum and the Gender Recognition Bill there have been accusations of meddling and malevolence thrown around like chants at a football match. But is there something darker behind the bluster? Did England go full on raging imperialist on their long suffering neighbour? Or is Scotland an insatiable, ambitious, power hungry country with a taste for the finer things?

Contents
00:00 Introduction
02:26 Consent and the Union
09:24 The Darien Scheme
18:30 Braveheart
27:25 Scotland's Ambition
35:34 The Clearances
41:43 Conclusion

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Devine, T. M. ‘The Break-up of Britain? Scotland and the End of Empire’ Transactions of the Royal Historical Society (2006)

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Reid, Stuart. Crown, Covenant and Cromwell: The Civil Wars in Scotland, 1639–1651 (2013)

Wightman, Andy. ‘Hunting and Hegemony in the Highlands of Scotland: A study in the ideology of landscapes and landownership.’ Noragric Working Papers (2004)