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=== Acts of Union === | === Acts of Union === | ||
The English took advantage of a weak | The English took advantage of a weak Scottish economy near bankrupted from the failure of the [[Darien Scheme]] to push the parliament into accepting a "union" between the two nations. The [[Scottish Parliament]] was abolished, and them 153 Scottish representatives dwindled to 45 allowed in the English Parliament, a number only one more than the English county of [[Cornwall]]. On 1st May 1707 the Acts of Union came into effect and Scotland was officially incorporated into England leaving the English Parliament in control of Scotland.<ref>{{Citation|author=Agnes Mure Mackenzie|year=1957|title=The Kingdom of Scotland: A Short History|title-url=https://annas-archive.org/md5/16c03ff5519b7c0a01641675bf8f5320|chapter=The Third Revolution|page=257-279}}</ref> | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
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[[Category:Medieval history]] | [[Category:Medieval history]] | ||