Scottish Nationalism

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to form the United Kingdom. Before the Act of Union in 1707, Scotland's economy was distressed and in bad shape. There were four main `disasters' in the 1690s that led to economic turmoil for Scotland. These years were also known as the ill years for Scotland. The first disaster was the famine of 1695 to 1700. "In 1704 James Hodges, who was an agent for the Country Party leader, the Duke of Hamilton, actually claimed that the English tried to starve Scotland out during the famine." The belief that England was trying to starve Scotland did not help the idea or push for Union with England among the Scottish people. Another disaster was the failed attempt to colonize Darien, which was "a poorly executed scheme by the Company of Scotland trading to African and the Indies to establish an entrepot for the West and East Indies". Factors that contributed to the disappointment of Darien stem back to different climate, culture, and Spain was already present on the island. But it was the ...

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failed. There was a great deal of dissatisfaction with the idea of union among Scotland because of how the English treated them in the past centuries. There were feelings of anxiety among the Scottish people because their relationship with the English thus far was brutal, uneasy and not a lot of trust between the two.
However, it was not until the quarter of the twentieth century that Scots really took a turn and pushed for national independence from the English. One factor of this was the North Sea oil found in October 1970 when BP struck oil 110 miles off Aberdeen. The North Sea oil is huge propaganda for the Yes campaign in this referendum because Scotland can use the oil for ...

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