Question

Explain the strange Case of Britain in Unification of Britain

Answer 1

Your Answer:

1) The model of the nation or the nation-state, some scholars have argued, is Great Britain.

2) It was the result of a long-drawn-out process.

There was no British nation prior to the eighteenth century.

3) ‘United Kingdom of great Britain’ meant, in effect, that England was able to impose its influence on Scotland.

4) The British parliament was henceforth dominated by its English members.

5) Ireland was forcibly incorporated into the United Kingdom in 1801.

6) British flag, the national anthem, the English language – were actively promoted and the older nations survived only as subordinate partners on this union.

Answer 2

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The Parliament passed the Act of Union, 1707, by which England and Scotland were unified resulting in the formation of the 'United Kingdom of Great Britain'.

The Parliament was dominated by the English, and the political and cultural identities of the Scots were systematically suppressed.