Treaty of Union Articles

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There are many misconceptions these days with regards the Treaty of Union Scotland entered into with England in 1707. There’s a pervading belief of Scotland, the country, ceasing to exist in place of the country of Great Britain. There are also those who believe our monarch is only such due to this treaty. In both of these examples the falsehood becomes more evident when you exchange Scotland with England and claim the same.

I was set on this path of research by David Taylor, author, who’s project I’m looking forward to seeing, but felt that this information was too important to withhold from Scots looking for more clarity on Scotland’s place within the British union. Unlike other posts of this type, e.g., Pride in Scottish History, I let the articles speak for themselves. Many comparisons are made of Scotland and Ireland after their union to England in 1800. They are, for the vast majority (if not all), penned by authors in favour of the union from varying British newspapers, in case anyone was wondering about bias on this subject.

The idea was to post the articles in 50 year chunks, but there was so much going on from 1850-75 that I couldn’t have published just the one post for 1850-1900. It would have been enough to fill a good-sized book. I’ll try to get the information posted as soon as possible but if you take into account there’s no copying and pasting being done here, that the articles all need typed out from the source you’ll maybe understand why it can take a minute.

For those seeking specific information using the Ctrl+F function in order to search the posts for specific words or terms might be helpful, e.g, “centralisation”, “representation”, “currency”, “debt”, &c.

If you’d like a copy of RSH’s first publication of this information complete with Alex’s artwork head HERE.

• Treaty of Union

  • Treaty of Union Reading

• Abstract of the Act, Ratifying and Approving the Treaty of Union

• Articles 1700-1750

• Articles 1750-1800

• Articles 1800-1850

• Articles 1850-1875

• Articles 1875-1900

• Short History of Events Surrounding the Treaty of Union

  • Short History of Events Reading

• Factions Responsible for the Incorporating Union

  • Factions Responsible Reading

• Electoral Representation Pre- and Post-Union

  • Electoral Representation Reading

• Scots Request a Militia for Home Defence

  • Scots Request a Militia Reading

• How the Duke of Hamilton Helped Scotland into a Worse Situation

  • How the Duke of Hamilton Reading

• Currency Differences Between Scotland and England

  • Currency Differences Reading

• Scotland Wasn’t Conquered, Ceded to, or Occupied by England

  • Scotland Wasn’t Conquered Reading

• Formation of the National Association for the Vindication of Scottish Rights

  • Formation of the National Association Reading

• The Issue of Centralisation

  • Issue of Centralisation Reading

• What Home Rulers were Demanding

  • Home Rulers Reading

• An Appeal to Scots from a Victorian

  • Appeal to Scots Reading

• Why the English May Feel Free to Usurp Scottish Law

  • Why the English Reading

• Financial Cost to Scotland of the Union

  • Financial Cost Reading

• How much of a Blessing has the Union been for Scotland?

  • How much of a Blessing Reading

• Scottish Ballads and Their Appropriation

  • Scottish Ballads Reading

• Collection of Charles Waddie, AKA Thistledown’s, Correspondence

  • Thistledown’s Correspondence Reading
  • Charles Waddie’s Correspondence Reading

• Collection of the Rev. David Macrae on Centralisation & Promotion of Home Rule

  • Rev. David Macrae Reading

• Collection of William Burns on the Attempt of English Centralisation

  • William Burns Reading

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• ‘Scottish Review’ Articles associated to, or quoted within, the ‘Treaty of Union Articles‘ (2019).

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All newspaper articles have been sourced and directly transcribed from the originals which can be found at the British Newspaper Archive.