Unification Of Britain
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- TO ASSERT TRUE DOMINANACE OF ENGLISH,I MUST TRY TO UNITED THIS THRONE WITH THE KINGDOM OF SCOTLAND TO FORM GREAT BRITAIN.
- I AM KING JAMES 1 OF ENGLAND AND ACCORDING TO THE UNION OF CROWNS IN 1603,I AM ALSO THE KING OF IRELAND.
- AFTER KING JAMES FAILED TO UNITE BOTH COUNTRIES AFTER ATTEPTING 3 TIMES,IN 1705,UNDER THE RULING OF QUEEN ANNE,AFTER BOTH THE ENGLISH AND THE SCOTTISH FACED COLONIZATION AND FINANCE PROBLEMS,BOTH PARTIES ACCEPTED THE UNION TREATY.
- I,THE QUEEN OF ENGLAND
- ARE FORMALLY ANNOUNCING THAT OUR COUNTRIES WILL PARTICIPATE IN FRESH NEW NOGOTIATIONS FOR A TREATY OF UNION!
- HEAR,HEAR!
- AND I,THE KING OF SCOTLAND,
- HEAR,HEAR!
- Negotiations between the English and Scottish commissioners began on 16 April 1706 in London. DURING THE TREATY OF UNION NEGOTIATIONS.
- Scotland wishes a guarantee of access to colonial markets, in the hope that we will be placed on an equal footing in terms of trade.
- England wishes for a guarantee that the Hanoverian dynasty will succeed Queen Anne to the Scottish crown.
- After the negotiations ended on 22 July 1706, acts of parliament were drafted by both parliaments to implement the agreed Articles of Union. The Scottish proponents of union believed that failure to agree to the Articles would result in the imposition of a union under less favourable terms.
- WE ARE HAPPY TO ANNOUNCE THAT NEGOTIATIONS HAVE OFFICIALLY ENDED ON BOTH SIDES FOR THE TREATY OF UNIONBETWEEN SCOTLAND AND ENGLAND.
- HEAR,HEAR!
- ON 1 MAY 1707,
- HEAR,HEAR!
- I,QUEEN ANNE TAKE THIS AS AN HONOUR TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE KINGDOMS OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND SHALL NOW BE KNOWN AS THE KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN.
- HEAR,HEAR,HEAR!
- THE END
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