Gary J
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« on: October 01, 2012, 03:56:25 PM » |
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There was certainly some hard ball politics and diplomacy, which led to the Treaty of Union.
The English got the security benefit of ensuring that they would not face a hostile northern neighbour, with a different monarch, which could be a potential ally of England's continental enemies. Scotland got the economic benefits of free access to the English and English colonial markets.
Time and events have largely erased the context of the original deal. I presume that the people of Scotland are looking mostly towards the future prospects, rather than the events of the past, when they decide if the Union is to continue.
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