Question

7)Write about the unification of Britain with special emphasis on the act of union of 1707?

Answer 1

Answer:

The Acts of Union (Scottish Gaelic: Achd an Aonaidh) were two Acts of Parliament: the Union with Scotland Act 1706 passed by the Parliament of England, and the Union with England Act passed in 1707 by the Parliament of Scotland. They put into effect the terms of the Treaty of Union that had been agreed on 22 July 1706, following negotiation between commissioners representing the parliaments of the two countries. By the two Acts, the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland—which at the time were separate states with separate legislatures, but with the same monarch—were, in the words of the Treaty, "United into One Kingdom by the Name of Great Britain"

Answer 2

The process of unification of Britain:

1. Before the eighteenth century, there were different ethnic identities with its own culture and politics-English, Welsh, Scot, and Irish.

2. As the English nation's wealth and power increased, its influence over other island nations also increased.

3. English Parliament had taken the power from the monarchy in 1688 after a long conflict. It became an instrument in building the nation-state of Britain, with England at its center.

4. United Kingdom of Britain was established through the Act of Union in 1707 between England and Scotland.

5. Scotland eventually got suppressed by the English politically and culturally as the British Parliament was dominated by the English.